{"id":420138,"date":"2022-03-22T21:53:46","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T18:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/astronomers-believe-they-can-finally-explain-these-bizarre-circular-space-blobs\/"},"modified":"2022-03-22T21:53:46","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T18:53:46","slug":"astronomers-believe-they-can-finally-explain-these-bizarre-circular-space-blobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/astronomers-believe-they-can-finally-explain-these-bizarre-circular-space-blobs\/","title":{"rendered":"#Astronomers believe they can finally explain these bizarre circular space \u2018blobs\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27875d7c2f7\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27875d7c2f7\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/astronomers-believe-they-can-finally-explain-these-bizarre-circular-space-blobs\/#%E2%80%9CAstronomers_believe_they_can_finally_explain_these_bizarre_circular_space_%E2%80%98blobs%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Astronomers believe they can finally explain these bizarre circular space \u2018blobs\u2019&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CAstronomers_believe_they_can_finally_explain_these_bizarre_circular_space_%E2%80%98blobs%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Astronomers believe they can finally explain these bizarre circular space \u2018blobs\u2019&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Humanity has reached a point of innovation where we can see into distant galaxies, but we can\u2019t always explain what we\u2019re actually seeing in the images.<\/p>\n<p>But a mystery from 2019 may have been resolved thanks to researchers working on data obtained from <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sarao.ac.za\/media-releases\/astronomers-reveal-best-image-yet-of-mysterious-orcs-in-space\/\">South Africa\u2019s MeerKAT telescope.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ray Norris, a professor at Western Sydney University, and his colleagues were so baffled by \u201cglowing rings\u201d spotted in deep space that they were unsure of what to call them \u2013 and so they called them exactly what they are.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/lifestyle\/tech-old\/1112608\/circular-radio-signals-space\/\">Odd radio circles<\/a>\u00a0(or ORCs) are now thought to be an eggshell of radio waves that we can map against the backdrop of space.<\/p>\n<p>They <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear to have rings oscillating around the orb because the edges hold \u201cmore material along the line of sight, much like a soap bubble.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Located about a billion light-years away, the ORCs must be massive for us to spot them \u2013 even with fantastic telescoping equipment.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Odd Radio Circles Exploding From a Central Galaxy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UOxo_YQMVoI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Norris\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/odd-astronomer-baffling-radio-circles-appear-to-be-incredibly-giant-explosions\">theorizes<\/a>\u00a0the ORCs are about a million light-years across \u2013 quite a distance considering one light-year is 5,878,625,370,000 miles.<\/p>\n<p>The ORCs have encased a central galaxy, and begun to swallow up other surrounding galaxies as its radio wave shell has grown.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/lifestyle\/tech-old\/1906900\/strange-ghostly-circles-in-space-wormholes\/\">origin of these ORCs<\/a>\u00a0is still being debated, but the energized magnetic field mapped over them tells us that an explosion of some kind may have been a contributing factor.<\/p>\n<p>Hot, volatile gas from the inside of the blast meeting the still, weak gas outside the galaxy could produce a magnetic field like the one mapped over the ORC in question.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the explosion would need to be something that creates enough energy to generate a space object as large as the ORC.<\/p>\n<p>Norris writes that \u201cthe merging of two supermassive black holes\u201d would be sufficient, and is rare enough that it explains the few instances of ORC observation.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/SciTech-Daily-88.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"An artist's impression of &quot;odd radio circles.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-21616532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/SciTech-Daily-88.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/SciTech-Daily-88.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/SciTech-Daily-88.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>An artist\u2019s impression of \u201codd radio circles.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>\/SciTech Daily<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A second theory would be that the area experienced a \u201cstarburst\u201d where millions of stars are suddenly created by gas in the galaxy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Note that all of what is being observed actually occurred hundreds of millions, if not billions, of years ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Because the ORCs are so far away, it takes a long while for the radio waves that make them observable to the MeerKat to reach Earth.<\/p>\n<p>This same theory is applicable to light rays from\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/tech\/4866830\/moon-space-biggest-secret\/\">the Moon and the Sun<\/a>, which are visible to the Earth on a 1.3 second and 8-minute delay, respectively.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article originally appeared on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/tech\/4950689\/images-show-blobs-in-space-scientists-solve-mystery\/\">The Sun<\/a> and was reproduced here with permission. <\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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