Image from the LOFAR radio telescope - dlr.de
WEBThis image, taken by the European LOFAR (LOw Frequency ARray) radio telescope, shows the longest known jet pair from a black hole. Co-discoverer Aivin Gast from the University of Oxford named the two plasma jets after the giant Porphyrion from Greek mythology. They extend over 23 million light years, which corresponds to the size of 140 Milky Way galaxies in a row. The galaxy that harbours the ...
Gargantuan Black Hole Jets Are Biggest Seen Yet
WEB5 days ago · This picture, taken by Europe's LOFAR (LOw Frequency ARray) radio telescope, shows the longest known pair of black hole jets. Nicknamed Porphyrion after a Greek giant by co-discoverer Aivin Gast of the University of Oxford, the jet system spans 23 million light-years, the equivalent of 140 Milky Way galaxies lined up back to back.
Astronomers Find the Longest Black Hole Jets Ever Seen
WEB3 days ago · The survey undertaken by LOFAR revealed more than 10,000 of these megajets. Previous studies revealed only a few hundred large jets suggesting they were more rare but this latest research shows ...
Search for intelligent aliens explores new radio-frequency realms
WEBOct 26, 2023 · LOFAR is an array of radio antennas that span hundreds of kilometers across Europe, centered in the Netherlands but with additional stations in France, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Poland, Sweden...
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WEBSep 5, 2024 · The world-leading LOFAR (LOw Frequency ARray) Distributed Research Infrastructure has already revolutionised low-frequency radio astronomy research, resulting in an avalanche of scientific publications in the past decade.
New Radio Astronomical Observations Confirm Unintended …
WEBJul 5, 2023 · Scientists use the LOFAR telescope to observe low-frequency radio waves from satellites in large constellations for the first time. “Unintended electromagnetic radiation” emanating from onboard electronics in Starlink satellites was detected which could impact astronomical research.
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WEBJun 12, 2020 · With its huge sensitivity and enormous computational power, LOFAR has already discovered over fifty new pulsars, including a pair of millisecond pulsars, as part of its all-sky survey, LOFAR Tied-Array All-Sky Survey (LOTAAS), and dedicated searches.
LOFAR Uncovers Starlink’s Secret: Unintended ... - SciTechDaily
WEBJul 9, 2023 · Scientists have used the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) telescope to observe unintended electromagnetic radiation from SpaceX’s satellites. This radiation, different from regular communication signals, may disrupt astronomical research.
Most detailed-ever images of galaxies revealed using LOFAR
WEBAug 17, 2021 · Our new high-resolutions observations taken with LOFAR have revealed that this jet grows stronger and weaker every few hundred thousand years. This variability produces the beautiful structures seen in the giant lobes, each of which is about as large as the Milky Way galaxy.
LOFAR antennas unveil giant glow of radio emission surrounding …
WEBNov 2, 2022 · A Dutch-Italian-German team of astronomers has observed a huge glow of radio emission around a cluster of thousands of galaxies. They combined data from thousands of LOFAR antennas that were...