A New, Expansive View of the Milky Way Reveals Our Galaxy in Unprecedented Radio Colour

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Astronomers from the International Centre of Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have created the largest low-frequency radio colour image of the Milky Way ever assembled.

Astronomers from the International Centre of Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have created the largest low-frequency radio colour image of the Milky Way ever assembled.

This spectacular new image captures the Southern Hemisphere view of our Milky Way galaxy, revealing it across a wide range of radio wavelengths, or ‘colours’ of radio light.

It provides astronomers with new ways to explore the birth, evolution, and death of stars in our Galaxy.

Read More: International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research