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Revolutionary Radio Image Unveils Milky Way's Secrets

11/10/2025

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Astronomers captured a groundbreaking radio image of the Milky Way galaxy from the Southern Hemisphere, revealing dying stars and new star formation.
PhD student Silvia Mantovanini compiled the image using nearly 40,000 hours of data from the GLEAM and GLEAM-X surveys with the Murchison Widefield Array telescope.
The new image covers double the area and has ten times the sensitivity of previous images, showcasing over 98,000 radio sources.
Findings were published on October 28, 2025, in the journal Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia.

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Story summary

Astronomers captured a groundbreaking radio image of the Milky Way galaxy from the Southern Hemisphere, revealing dying stars and new star formation.
PhD student Silvia Mantovanini compiled the image using nearly 40,000 hours of data from the GLEAM and GLEAM-X surveys with the Murchison Widefield Array telescope.
The new image covers double the area and has ten times the sensitivity of previous images, showcasing over 98,000 radio sources.
Findings were published on October 28, 2025, in the journal Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia.