What Are Odd Radio Circles?

What Are Odd Radio Circles?

BBC Science Focus Magazine

Odd Radio Circles (ORCs) were discovered by accident in 2019. They are circular regions of faint, edge-brightened radio emissions that are invisible at optical, infrared, ultraviolet and X-ray wavelengths. Some have a galaxy at the centre while others don’t, but they’re all characterised by their large size, many times bigger than a typical galaxy.

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