Radio rings

Still image from the animation of RAD J131346.9+500320. Credit: RAD@home Astronomy Collaboratory (India)

A record-breaking cosmic radio ring has been discovered – the most distant and powerful yet

Astronomers have identified RAD J131346.9+500320, a double-ring structure billions of light-years away, and suggest that black hole jets and superwinds shape such rare radio rings; two other radio giants have been found in galaxy clusters.