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X-Y plot from article

Correlation between the mass of the galaxies (X-axis) and the difference of their radio emissions at different radio frequencies (Y-axis). Each symbol represents an individual galaxy. The image of an example galaxy is from NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. T means the time for light to travel from these galaxies to us. Credit: Fangxia An (IDIA/UWC)

From Phys.org and The Conversation, 'Using the Meerkat Telescope on over 2,000 radio galaxies....'

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  • $\begingroup$ It would help if you posted the actual url to the webpage in question. $\endgroup$
    – Rob
    Aug 29 at 6:45
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    $\begingroup$ Surely it's the slope of the line? $\endgroup$
    – ProfRob
    Aug 29 at 7:56
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    $\begingroup$ In the article, "our new study" links to this MNRAS paper. $\endgroup$
    – Mike G
    Aug 29 at 13:09
  • $\begingroup$ The abstract of that paper confirms @ProfRob’s suggestion — it’s the slope of the relation. $\endgroup$
    – Peter Erwin
    Aug 29 at 13:47

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