Cygnus A

American  

noun

Astronomy.

1. a strong radio source in the constellation Cygnus associated with a distant peculiar galaxy.

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Example Sentences

Ultimately, a picture began to emerge of CSOs as an entirely distinct family with jets that die out much sooner than their gigantic brethren, such as those of the extremely powerful Cygnus A, a galaxy that shoots out extremely powerful jets that glow brightly at radio wavelengths.

From Science Daily

Though most of the jets die out, the scientists estimate that one in 100 will go onto to become long-lived like those of Cygnus A. In those rare cases, the galaxies are likely merging with other galaxies, a turbulent process that provides a large quantity of fuel.

From Science Daily

The former health secretary was also repeatedly asked about the recommendations from Exercise Cygnus, a three-day test run in October 2016 to find out how prepared the UK was for a influenza pandemic.

From BBC

Mr Hancock was repeatedly asked about the recommendations from Exercise Cygnus, a three-day test run in October 2016 to find out how prepared the UK was for a influenza pandemic.

From BBC

He added that Exercise Cygnus, a government exercise in 2016 to test the response to a flu pandemic, had made no reference to quarantining or testing and took as its "starting point" that 1.2m people were already infected.

From BBC