Porphyrion, named after a giant from Greek mythology, is a cosmic megastructure that amassed when the universe was only 6.3 billion years old, and spans roughly the same distance of 140 Milky Ways.

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The gigantic jets have been given a suitably mythic name, with the team that discovered the megastructure dubbing them "Porphyrion" in reference to the giant offspring of Gaia in Greek mythology.

An artist's illustration of the longest black hole jet system ever observed. Nicknamed Porphyrion after a mythological Greek giant, these jets span roughly 7 megaparsecs, or 23 million light-years.

The newly discovered pair, nicknamed Porphyrion after a rebellious giant in Greek mythology, were spotted in observations from LOFAR, a network of radio wave detectors in the Netherlands.

"The Milky Way would be a little dot in these two giant eruptions." The jet megastructure, nicknamed Porphyrion after a giant in Greek mythology, dates to a time when our universe was 6.3 billion ...

The researchers have nicknamed these two jets Porphyrion (pronounced poor-FEER-ee-ahn), named after a giant from ancient Greek mythology. Porphyrion is about 30% longer than the previous record ...

A pair of jets blasting out of a black hole spans 23 million light years, the equivalent of 220 Milky Way galaxies in length. This is so large that it may change our understanding both of black ...

The gigantic jets have been given a suitably mythic name, with the team that discovered the megastructure dubbing them "Porphyrion" in reference to the giant offspring of Gaia in Greek mythology.