Astronomers See an Enormous Shockwave – 60x Bigger Than the Entire Milky Way Galaxy
Astronomers have a thing for big explosions and collisions, and it always seems like they are trying to one-up themselves in finding a bigger, brighter…
South African Radio Astronomy Observatory
Fast and Furious: A Massive Cosmic Shock Wave That Extends for 6.5 Million Light Years
An international team of astronomers made the most detailed images of the largest cosmic shock wave visible from earth. These gigantic shock waves are much…
Star Formation History of the Universe Revealed by Distant Milky Way-Like Galaxies
Look at this new radio image covered with dots, each of which is a distant galaxy! The brightest spots are galaxies that are powered by…
Image Shows a Staggeringly Powerful Event Occurred Near Center of the Milky Way
An international team of astronomers has discovered one of the largest features ever observed in the center of the Milky Way – a pair of…
