Earlier this year, astronomers found an absolute monster of a galaxy.
Lurking some 3 billion light-years away, Alcyoneus is a giant radio galaxy reaching 5 megaparsecs into space. That’s 16.3 million light-years long, and it constitutes the largest known structure of galactic origin.
The discovery highlights our poor understanding of these colossi, and what drives their incredible growth.
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