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Citizen Scientist Flags Bow‑and‑Arrow Radio Galaxy Suggesting a Giant Bow Shock

The discovery offers a possible radio view of how a galaxy’s jets interact with hot cluster gas and could provide a new way to study shock-driven environmental effects if follow-up data confirm the interpretation.

Astronomers Identify White Dwarf Binary as Source of Long‑Period Radio Transient

Ancient Metal-Poor Stars Found Inside Milky Way’s Disk

Second Infant Planet Confirmed Forming Around Nearby Star WISPIT 2

Black Hole’s Delayed Tidal Disruption Jet Keeps Surging, Now 50× Brighter

Astronomers Directly Image Newborn Planet in Multi-Ringed Disk in First Clear Case

Black Hole–Star Encounter Likely Spawned SN 2023zkd, Study Finds

Tiny Surface Peaks May Power Radio Emission in 'Dead' Pulsars

Astronomers Capture First Direct Evidence of Quasar Radiation Disrupting Neighboring Galaxy