Scientists have discovered the largest galaxy ever found in the universe. Named Alsionus, the galaxy is 160 times larger than our Milky Way galaxy. IC 1101 was the largest galaxy ever discovered. Alcyonus is 4 times larger than this.
The galaxy is located about 300 million light-years from Earth. The galaxy is 1.63 million light-years across. If light travels from one end to the other, it will take 1.63 million light-years. At the center of Alsonius, a radio galaxy, is a massive black hole. It expels plasma particles. Radio waves are emitted from the galaxy. The black hole at the center of the Alsonesus is about 400 times the mass of our star, the Sun.
The galaxy was discovered based on data collected by Low Frequency Array (LoFAR), a network of 52 radio telescopes located throughout Europe. Scientists are wondering how this galaxy got so big. As humans try to learn more about the universe, the universe reveals strange things. This galaxy is one such event.
Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is familiar to everyone. The Milky Way galaxy is about 100,000 light-years across. The nearest galaxy to the Milky Way is Andromeda. Initially, it was believed that the Milky Way was the only galaxy in the universe. But scientists say there are 100 billion galaxies in the universe that we can observe. Our Milky Way galaxy is spiral-shaped. But galaxies also have other forms.
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