Pioneering technique using powerful new radio telescope expands our understanding of chemical formation of stars
Monday, June 15, 2015 - 18:00
in Astronomy & Space
NOEMA (Northern Extended Millimeter Array), the most powerful millimetre radio telescope of the Northern Hemisphere, has unveiled its first astronomical image: a unique and spectacular view of a previously unknown region of extreme star formation in the 'Medusa merger' - a luminous collision of two galaxies at more than 100 million light years from Earth.