Gone With the Galactic Wind: 10 Years of Chandra X-ray Observations Reveal Galaxy Secrets
Monday, March 8, 2010 - 18:35
in Astronomy & Space
(PhysOrg.com) -- When NASA launched its Chandra X-ray observing telescope into orbit in 1999, astronomers didn`t know much about the galactic winds made of wispy, multi-million-degree gas clouds that stream out from normal galaxies like our own, because they are `diffuse, gentle and unspectacular` compared to far more dramatic emanations of starbursts, recalls astronomer Q. Daniel Wang of the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Read the whole article on Physorg
More from Physorg
Related
- Astronomers use advanced equipment aboard Hubble to reveal galaxies' most elusive secretsThu, 17 Nov 2011, 15:54:58 EST
- Galactic super-volcano in actionThu, 19 Aug 2010, 11:23:13 EDT
- Phoenix cluster sets record pace at forming starsWed, 15 Aug 2012, 14:09:58 EDT
- NASA's Chandra shows Milky Way is surrounded by halo of hot gas Mon, 24 Sep 2012, 15:33:13 EDT
- Galaxies coming of age in cosmic blobsWed, 24 Jun 2009, 13:56:48 EDT