The most distant and most powerful ‘odd radio circle’ (ORC) known so far has been discovered by astronomers.

“ORC is a recently discovered phenomena and a mystery in modern astrophysics,” Dr Ananda Hota, Principal Investigator and Director, RAD@home Astronomy Collaboratory, Navi Mumbai told The Indian Express adding that only a few a handful of such cases are known so far.

RAD J131346.9+500320 is the first ORC discovered through citizen science and the first identified with the help of LOFAR—a low frequency array radio telescope with an antenna network located mainly in the Netherlands.

“ORCs are among the most bizarre and beautiful cosmic structures we’ve ever seen – and they may hold vital clues about how galaxies and black holes co-evolve, hand-in-hand,” Dr Hota said. These curious r

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