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Canadian, Indian astronomers detect radio signals from distant galaxy

The discovery has been made by a joint team of astronomers from McGill University, Canada and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru and the findings have been published in the Royal Astronomical Society's monthly notices

Illustration showing detection of the lensed 21 cm atomic hydrogen emission signal from a distant galaxy. Image - Swadha Pardesi, IISc Bengaluru

In a path-breaking discovery, a team of Canadian and Indian astronomers have detected radio signals originating from atomic hydrogen in an extremely distant galaxy by using data from the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) located in Pune in India.

The discovery has been made by a joint team of astronomers from McGill University, Canada and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru and the findings have been published in the Royal Astronomical Society's monthly notices.

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