Astronomers deliver the sharpest and deepest view yet of the low-frequency radio sky

Fri 6 Nov 2026
Using the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) an international team, led by Leiden University, has produced the sharpest and most sensitive radio image of the sky ever made at low radio frequencies. The image reveals almost 63,000 radio sources, such as active galactic nuclei and star-forming galaxies, across a patch of sky about twenty-five times the area of the full Moon. The results are accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics. IMAGE | De Jong et al.
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