Galactic Fireworks Illuminate Monster Hydrogen Blob
Thursday, September 22, 2016 - 10:31
in Astronomy & Space
An international team of researchers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and other telescopes has discovered the power source illuminating a so-called Lyman-alpha Blob – a rare, brightly glowing, and enormous concentration of gas in the distant universe. Until now, astronomers wondered why these huge clouds of gas shined so brightly. The answer, in […]