LOFAR Captures Most Detailed Images Ever Seen of Distant Galaxies

Never before seen radio waves detected from nearby stars and distant galaxies while studying a galactic body that neighbors our own Milky Way galaxy—the Large Magellanic Cloud

Breathtaking New Images Reveal Several Distant Galaxies in Unprecedented Detail

Astronomers have published the most detailed images seen of galaxies beyond our own yet, revealing their inner workings in unprecedented detail. The images were created from data collected by the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR), a network of >70,000 small antennae spread across nine European countries.