‘Treble Clef’ Radio Glow Reveals Galaxy Cluster Hiding behind Milky Way

Oct 23, 2026 - 19:00
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‘Treble Clef’ Radio Glow Reveals Galaxy Cluster Hiding behind Milky Way
This composite image of the Treble Clef and its galaxy cluster contains X-rays from Chandra and eROSITA, radio data from LOFAR, and infrared data from UKIRT. Image credit: NASA / CXC / INAF-IRA / Botteon et al. / UKIDSS-GPS / ASTRON / LOFAR / SAO / N. Wolk.

VLSS J0318.9+5755, a strange, musical-note-shaped radio source hiding behind the Milky Way’s dusty disk, has turned out to be the glowing remains of an ancient black hole outburst inside a massive, colliding galaxy cluster.

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