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The ‘USS Jellyfish’ emits strange radio waves from a distant galaxy cluster

Spanning 1.2 million light-years, the entity broadcasts a never-before-seen pattern

Diagram of low-frequency radio waves in galaxy cluster Abell 2877

Low-frequency radio waves (red, orange, yellow, white) outline a huge “jellyfish,” 1.2 million light-years across, in galaxy cluster Abell 2877, whose center emits X-rays (magenta).

Torrance Hodgson, ICRAR/Curtin University

By Ken Croswell

- More than 2 years ago

Something’s fishy in the southern constellation Phoenix.

Strange radio emissions from a distant galaxy cluster take the shape of a gigantic jellyfish, complete with head and tentacles.