Inkathazo is one of the largest objects in the Universe, consisting of giant jets of hot plasma stretching across millions of light-years. These jets emit radio waves and are fed by supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies.
Until recently, such giant radio galaxies (GRGs) were thought to be rare. But new radio telescopes like MeerKAT have dramatically changed this view. The number of open GRGs has increased significantly in the last five years.
Inkathazo is located at the center of a galaxy cluster, which makes it unusual because such jets usually grow in solitary galaxies. This discovery raises new questions about how interactions in such clusters affect the evolution of giant radio galaxies.
For a more detailed study, astronomers used MeerKAT’s capabilities to create maps of the spectral age of the plasma, which helped study the physical processes occurring in the Inkathazo jets.
Source: Ferra
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