{
  "id": 12698682,
  "title": "Radio galaxy from 12.5 billion years ago may be most powerful ever found",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/radio-galaxy-from-12-5-billion-years-ago-may-be-most-powerful-ever",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-07T19:40:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-radio-galaxy-billion-years-powerful.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Astronomers have discovered a powerful radio galaxy from nearly 12.5 billion years ago, which may be the most energetic of its kind ever found. The galaxy, known as TXS 2354+015, was identified through a combination of deep optical imaging and radio catalogs, using the Lyman-break technique to pinpoint its extreme distance. With a redshift of 4.946, the galaxy existed when the universe was just 1.1 billion to 1.3 billion years old. The discovery of this high-z RLAGN, which is typically obscured by a bubble of dusty gas, provides valuable insights into the early universe's galaxy formation and evolution processes. The detection of TXS 2354+015 through the Lyman-break technique highlights the importance of integrating different observational methods to uncover hidden cosmic phenomena.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}