An early universe radio jet spanning an astonishing 200,000 light years has been discovered by the International Gemini ...

More information: Monster radio jet (>66 kpc) observed in quasar at z ∼ 5, Astrophysical Journal Letters (2025). DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ad9609.

* An example of a monster radio jet found in the nearby Universe is the 23 million-light-year-long jet, named Porphyrion, which was observed 6.3 billion years after the Big Bang.

Astronomers have spied a monster radio jet in the distant universe that’s twice the width of the Milky Way galaxy.The ancient object formed when the universe was less than 10% of its current age ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Telescopes around the world have spotted a monster radio jet streaming from a quasar dating back to the first 1 billion years of the universe.

Astronomers have found a massive radio jet, stretching across at least 200,000 light-years in the distant universe. The object is twice the width of the Milky Way galaxy.

"This is a unique opportunity to learn how the universe's first light emerged from the darkness." ...