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Scientists discover giant galaxy 32 times bigger than Earth's — and they named it 'trouble'

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South Africa's MeerKAT telescope has discovered the third giant radio galaxy, Inkathazo .

The plasma jets of this cosmic giant span 3.3 million light-years from end to end — 32 times the size of the Milky Way.

The findings challenge existing models and suggest that we don't yet understand much of the complicated plasma physics at play in these extreme galaxies.

We think this may occur when the jets collide with hot gas in the voids between galaxies in a cluster.

This gives us hints about what sort of plasma physics might be happening in these extreme parts of the Universe .

The fact that we unveiled three giant radio galaxies by pointing MeerKAT at a single patch of sky suggests that there's likely a huge treasure trove of these cosmic behemoths just waiting to be discovered in the southern sky.

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