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Cosmic Lens Reveals Faint Radio Galaxy More Than 8 Billion Light-Years From Earth – SciTechDaily

Radio telescopes are the world’s most sensitive radio receivers, capable of finding extremely faint wisps of radio emission coming from objects at the farthest…

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Composite image of galaxy cluster MACSJ0717.5+3745, with VLA radio image superimposed on visible-light image from Hubble Space Telescope. Pullout is detail of distant galaxy VLAHFF-J071736.66+374506.4 — likely the faintest radio-emitting object yet found — revealed by the magnifying effect of the gravitational lens. Credit: Heywood et al.; Sophia Dagnello, NRAO/AUI/NSF; STScI.
Radio telescopes are the world’s most sensitive radio receivers, capable of finding extremely faint wisps of radio emission…

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