Get ready to see our galaxy like never before.

Astronomers from the International Centre of Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have released an incredible image of the Milky Way shining in low-frequency radio light, revealing a spectacular realm invisible to the human eye — and indeed most telescopes.

Made by meticulously stitching together thousands of observations over eighteen months, the epic mosaic shows a galaxy awash with the circular blotches of supernova remnants, the leftovers of a catastrophic explosion that destroys a star.

“This vibrant image delivers an unparalleled perspective of our galaxy at low radio frequencies,” Silvia Mantovanini, an ICRAR researcher at Curtin University who led the effort and is lead author of an accompanying paper in Publications of the Astronomical

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