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J1248+4826 is the smallest odd radio circle yet found

Astronomers have spotted J1248+4826, the smallest odd radio circle yet found. The object sits in a galaxy group and has a central radio ring just 30 kiloparsecs across, about five times smaller than the usual examples. The find suggests researchers may have been missing a whole population of compact ORCs, not because they do not […]