Bullseye! Enormous 'bow and arrow' galaxy is unlike anything radio astronomers have ever seen — Space photo of the week

Scientists have discovered an unusual radio galaxy called RAD-BAARG, shaped like a drawn bow and arrow. According to Live Science, this is significant because it offers astronomers a rare glimpse of what happens when a galaxy tumbles into a galaxy cluster's environment—a process that usually stays hidden. The bow-and-arrow shape is unlike anything radio astronomers have documented before.

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