An amazing image revealing some mysterious phenomena in a gigantic galaxy-cluster collision has been revealed . In the region , where clusters of hundreds of galaxies are colliding , a rich variety of objects are visible only to radio telescopes . Scientists created a ‘ true colour ’ image of the region to reveal what it would look like if humans could see radio waves , rather than just visible light . Researchers have released an amazing image of Abell 2566 . In the annotated image ( move the slider to see the markings ) , the point sources ( examples in red ) are galaxies like ours . Blue objects are radio galaxies with streams of plasma , and in green is the 'Large Relic ' , which could be a shockwave as the clusters collide . Researchers at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory ( NRAO ) made the image using the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array ( VLA ) in New Mexico . In the image , red colouration shows longer radio waves , moving down to blue , which is composed of shorter radio waves . The region is known as Abell 2256 , and is about 800 million light-years from Earth and about four million light-years across . The image covers an area in the sky almost as large as the full moon . In the image , the multiple ‘ dots ’ that can be seen are ‘ normal , everyday galaxies ’ as big as the Milky Way , Dr Jean Eilek of the NRAO told MailOnline . A radio galaxy is an active galaxy that is very luminous at radio wavelengths . It is usually composed of two jets being expelled from a large elliptical galaxy . Radio galaxies can be detected at large distances , which makes then useful tools in studying the structure of the universe . ‘ Star formation in such galaxies is a strong source of radio waves , which come from supernova remnants and cosmic rays that are energised in the star formation regions. ’ There is also a handful of objects known as radio galaxies , which each have a massive central black hole that emits jets of plasma . ‘ In clusters like this the unusual shapes of the radio galaxies are due to the interaction of those jets with the cluster atmosphere , ’ Dr Eilek continued . ‘ We do n't yet understand just why each of those sources have the shapes they have - we ’ re still working on that . ‘ But these are definitely radio galaxies in the cluster ; we think the merger happening in the cluster has something to do with the large number and unusual shapes of these radio galaxies. ’ Resarchers at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory ( NRAO ) made the image using the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array ( VLA ) in New Mexico , shown here . The VLA is at an altitude of 6970ft ( 2125 metres ) and consists of 27 independent antennae . Two of these , towards the right-hand side of the image , have long trails with them . This may be due to them speeding very fast through the cluster , with their plasma left behind in a tail . Perhaps the most notable part of the image is , as Dr Eilek calls it , the ‘ big fuzzy thing ’ to the upper right . This is known as the Large Relic , and it is a million light-years across but its formation is a mystery . ‘ One possibility is that this is a huge shockwave , caused when the two clusters ram together supersonically , ’ said Dr Eilek . However , she notes that it could also be a ‘ reconnection layer ’ , where magnetic fields are pushed together until they annihilate . This same process is thought to drive solar flares in our sun , and also Earth ’ s aurorae .
Researchers in New galaxies have released an amazing galactic image . It shows a region of space where galaxy clusters are colliding . The ' true colour ' image shows how gravitational waves will respond to humans . The image includes galaxies like ours , dwarf galaxies and the ' Large Relic ' Some of the objects in the image remain a mystery , however .