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Largest Radio Survey in History Catalogs 13.7 Million Cosmic Objects
Key Takeaways
- LOFAR telescope network mapped 13.7 million radio sources across the northern sky
- Survey revealed millions of active supermassive black holes, merging galaxies, and supernova remnants
- Low-frequency radio observations detect cosmic phenomena invisible to optical telescopes
- Data set contains petabytes of information that will fuel research for years
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DT Editorial Team··5 min read·via space.com