Cosmoview Episode 95: Gemini North Teams Up with LOFAR to Reveal the Largest Radio Jet Ever Seen in the Early Universe (VIDEO)

Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA)

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Using in part the Gemini North telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, funded in part by the U.S. National Science Foundation and operated by NSF NOIRLab, astronomers have characterized the largest ever early-Universe radio jet. Historically, such large radio jets have remained elusive in the distant Universe. With these observations, astronomers have valuable new insights into when the first jets formed in the Universe and how they impacted the evolution of galaxies.

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Images and Videos: LOFAR/DECaLS/DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys/LBNL/DOE/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/M. Garlick/ASTRON/S. Goebel/N. Bartmann (NSF NOIRLab) Image Processing: M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab) Music: Stellardrone - In Time

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