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The Invisible Universe pp 125–135Cite as

Radio Galaxies

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These behemoths are created by explosions of awesome violence that drive matter outward a million light years or more into extra-galactic space from the chaos that surrounds black holes in their nuclei.

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  1. University of Memphis, 4124 11th Street North, Arlington, Virginia, 22201, USA

    Dr. Gerrit Verschuur

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Verschuur, G. (2015). Radio Galaxies. In: The Invisible Universe. Astronomers' Universe. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13422-2_10

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