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With jets both in the plane of the school and with one directed at us, this galaxy was reclassified as a radio galaxy with a blazar at its center.
—Julia Musto, Fox News, 1 Apr. 2023
Located more than 656 million light-years away, it is now classified as a giant radio galaxy that has a blazar in its core.
—Julia Musto, Fox News, 1 Apr. 2023
It was previously classified as a radio galaxy, but the new research released in March has revealed otherwise.
—Julia Musto, Fox News, 1 Apr. 2023
The galaxy, which is named Alcyoneus, is a giant radio galaxy.
—Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 19 Feb. 2022
MeerKAT is already trying to find similarly gargantuan filaments in other radio galaxies.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2020
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First Known Use
1959, in the meaning defined above
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“Radio galaxy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radio%20galaxy. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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