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Image of the first odd radio circle ever discovered, with radio observations on top of an optical and infrared map.Within the last five years, astronomers have discovered a new type of astronomical phenomenon that exists on vast scales – larger than whole galaxies. They're called ORCs , and they look like giant rings of radio waves expanding outwards like a shockwave.released on April 30 2024, astronomers have captured X-rays associated with an ORC for the first time.
ORCs can be a challenge to study, in part because they are usually only visible in radio wavelengths. They haven't previously been associated with X-ray or infrared emissions, nor has there been any sign of them in optical wavelengths.Using ESA's XMM-Newton telescope, Bulbul and her team observed one of the nearest known ORCs, an object called the Cloverleaf, and found a striking X-ray component to the object.
"This is the first time anyone has seen X-ray emission associated with an ORC," said Bulbul."It was the missing key to unlock the secret of the Cloverleaf's formation." The chaotic galaxy mergers are interesting, but they can't explain the Cloverleaf by themselves. Galaxies mergers happen all over the universe, while ORCs are a rare phenomenon. There's something unique going on to create something like the Cloverleaf.
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