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Citizen Scientist Flags Bow‑and‑Arrow Radio Galaxy Suggesting a Giant Bow Shock

The discovery offers a possible radio view of how a galaxy’s jets interact with hot cluster gas and could provide a new way to study shock-driven environmental effects if follow-up data confirm the interpretation.

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Astronomers Identify White Dwarf Binary as Source of Long‑Period Radio Transient

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last mo.

Astronomers Directly Image Newborn Planet in Multi-Ringed Disk in First Clear Case

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VLT Directly Images Infant Gas Giant ‘WISPIT 2b’ Inside Planet‑Building Disk

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10mo ago

Black Hole–Star Encounter Likely Spawned SN 2023zkd, Study Finds

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last yr.

Tiny Surface Peaks May Power Radio Emission in 'Dead' Pulsars

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last yr.

Astronomers Capture First Direct Evidence of Quasar Radiation Disrupting Neighboring Galaxy

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last yr.

Astronomers Confirm Super-Earths Are Common in Distant Orbits Across the Milky Way

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last yr.

Stephan’s Quintet Collision Observed in Unprecedented Detail

Telescope Technology

Citizen Scientist Flags Bow‑and‑Arrow Radio Galaxy Suggesting a Giant Bow Shock

Astronomers Identify White Dwarf Binary as Source of Long‑Period Radio Transient

Ancient Metal-Poor Stars Found Inside Milky Way’s Disk

Second Infant Planet Confirmed Forming Around Nearby Star WISPIT 2

Black Hole’s Delayed Tidal Disruption Jet Keeps Surging, Now 50× Brighter

VLT Captures Olive-Shaped Shock Breakout in SN 2024ggi

Astronomers Directly Image Newborn Planet in Multi-Ringed Disk in First Clear Case

VLT Directly Images Infant Gas Giant ‘WISPIT 2b’ Inside Planet‑Building Disk

Black Hole–Star Encounter Likely Spawned SN 2023zkd, Study Finds

Tiny Surface Peaks May Power Radio Emission in 'Dead' Pulsars

Astronomers Capture First Direct Evidence of Quasar Radiation Disrupting Neighboring Galaxy

Astronomers Confirm Super-Earths Are Common in Distant Orbits Across the Milky Way

Stephan’s Quintet Collision Observed in Unprecedented Detail