LOFAR Telescope Spots Biggest Radio Galaxy Ever

The newly-discovered radio galaxy, dubbed Alcyoneus, has a projected size of 16.3 million light-years (4.99 Mpc). “Most galactic bulges hold a supermassive black hole that grows by accreting gas, dust and stars from its surroundings,” stated Leiden Observatory astronomer Martijn Oei and colleagues. “The black gap ejects a fraction of its accretion disk plasma from […]