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The vast realm probed by radio astronomers is one invisible to the naked eye, and even most kinds of telescopes. Now, thanks to the latest advances in radio observatories, scientists are uncovering an entire “low surface brightness universe,” according to a team of researchers from Australia, teeming with circular curiosities — including an entirely new class of cosmic object. “It’s comprised of radio sources so faint they have never been seen before, each with their own unique physical properties,” writes Miroslav Filipovic, an astronomer at Western Sydney University, and his colleagues in an essay for The Conversation. “As we study […]Read more
