'Double Boomerang' Galaxy PKS 2014−55 | South Africa's MeerKAT Radio Telescope

'Double Boomerang' Galaxy PKS 2014−55 | South Africa's MeerKAT Radio Telescope

'Double Boomerang' Galaxy PKS 2014−55 | South Africa's MeerKAT Radio TelescopeThe detail provided in this radio image obtained with the MeerKAT telescope indicates that this galaxy's shape is best described as a ‘double boomerang’. Two powerful jets of radio waves, indicated in blue color, each extend 2.5 million light years into space (comparable to the distance between the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy, our nearest major neighbor). Eventu…