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Inkathazo galaxy

February 23 , 2025 11 hrs 0 min 37 0
  • South Africa’s MeerKAT telescope has discovered a new giant radio galaxy, nicknamed ‘Inkathazo,’ meaning ‘trouble’.
  • The cosmic megastructure measures 3.3 million light-years.
  • It is 32 times the size of our Milky Way galaxy and is 1.44 billion light-years away from Earth.
  • MeerKAT will soon become part of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA).

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