天文学家捕捉到了迄今为止最详细清晰的一些深空星系图像，其清晰度要远高于普通图像，这些超清图像以前所未有的细节揭示了星系内部的运作情况。

 

The images have been created from the radio waves emitted from the galaxies¹.

这些图像是根据从星系发出的无线电波生成的。

 

What's new is that the team has dramatically improved the resolution of the radio images by linking together more than 70,000 small antennae² spread across nine European countries.

与以往不同的是，这支团队将分布在九个欧洲国家的七万多个小型天线连接在一起，从而大大提高了无线电图像的清晰度。

 

One image shows a galaxy³ sitting in the middle of jets of material, shooting out from either side – each one much larger than the galaxy itself. The jets are caused by a supermassive black hole at its heart.

其中一张图像显示了一个星系处于一股股从两头喷出的物质中间，每股射流都大于该星系本身。这些射流是由其中心的超大黑洞产生的。

 

Another picture is of a galaxy from when the Universe was relatively⁴ young – just 2.6 billion years old.

另一张图片展现了宇宙相对年轻时一个星系的样子，宇宙当时只有26亿年的历史。

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