Thousands of galaxies in the process of making stars have been spotted by an international team of astronomers using ultra-sensitive radio images.
Scientists compiled the images of the early universe using the International Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) telescope, a trans-European network of radio antennas.
It works by combining the signals from more than 70,000 antenna, located in stations across the Netherlands and in partner European countries including the UK.
By observing the same regions of sky repeatedly and combining the data to make a single very-long exposure image, the team detected the faint radio glow of stars exploding as supernovae, in tens of thousands of galaxies out to the most distant parts of the universe.
International astronomy team reveal images of star-forming galaxies
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International astronomy team reveal images of star-forming galaxies
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