A violent wind blown from the heart of a galaxy tells the tale of a merger
Thursday, February 4, 2016 - 06:10
in Astronomy & Space
An international team led by a researcher from Hiroshima University has succeeded in revealing the detailed structure of a massive ionized gas outflow streaming from the starburst galaxy NGC 6240 (Figure 1). The team used the Suprime-Cam mounted on the 8.2-meter Subaru Telescope on Maunakea in Hawaii.