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The deepest LOFAR image ever made. It shows the region of sky known as Elais-N1, which was observed for a total of 164 hours, resulting in the detection of more than 80,000 radio sources. Credit: Philip Best & Jose Sabater, University of Edinburgh.

New radio map of the Universe reveals thousands of star-forming galaxies

An international team of astronomers including Polish researchers has published the most accurate map of the universe to date in the low radio frequency range. The new sky survey enables scientists to study tens of thousands of galaxies, all the way to the far reaches of the Universe. The LOFAR telescope (a trans-European network of radio antennas, three of which are located in Poland) was used for observation.

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