The spectacular phenomenon, located 56 million light years from Earth, is the first of its type sighted by the WA telescope that is intended to provide a big-picture view of the universe.
In this episode of the Space Connect podcast, Dr Bärbel Koribalski, a co-author of the project, tells Jake Nelson what it all means and how the discovery can shape our understanding of the universe.
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