Astronomers discover giant relic of disrupted 'tadpole' galaxy

(Royal Astronomical Society) A team of astronomers from Israel, the US and Russia have identified a disrupted galaxy resembling a giant tadpole, complete with an elliptical head and a long, straight tail, about 300 million light years away from Earth. The galaxy is one million light-years long from end to end, ten times larger than the Milky Way. The research is published today in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.