Astronomers have identified a population of faint, rapidly fading radio galaxies that may represent one of the most elusive stages in the life cycle of supermassive black holes. The discovery offers a rare view of what happens after the powerful jets launched by an active galactic nucleus abruptly shut down, leaving behind vast lobes of magnetised plasma that continue to glow across intergalactic space. Using some of the most sensitive radio obs…
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