Astronomy
New images of huge filamentary structures of gas and dust from the Herschel space observatory reveal how matter is distributed across our Milky Way galaxy. Long and flimsy threads emerge from a twisted mix of material, taking on complex shapes.
This image shows a filament called G49, which contains 80,000 suns' worth of mass. This huge but slender structure of gas and dust extends about 280 light-years in length, while its diameter is only about 5 light-years across.
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- Images By Herschel's Camera Of Our Milky Way
Two Herschel's camera has taken images simultaneously of our Milky way which has never been seen before. The image reveals a cold and turbulent region where material is just beginning to condense into new stars. It is located in the plane of our...
- Spitzer Telescope Detects Dust Around Carbon Star
Dust plays an important role in the evolution of galaxies like our Milky Way.With the help of NASA's Spitzer space telescope researchers have observed dust forming around the carbon star MAG 29, located 280,000 light years away from a smaller galaxy...
- The Large Magellanic Cloud
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- Galaxy That Shines With The Light Of More Than 300 Trillion Suns Discovered
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- Elliptical Galaxy
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Astronomy
The G49 Filament
This image shows a filament called G49, which contains 80,000 suns' worth of mass. This huge but slender structure of gas and dust extends about 280 light-years in length, while its diameter is only about 5 light-years across.
- Images By Herschel's Camera Of Our Milky Way
Two Herschel's camera has taken images simultaneously of our Milky way which has never been seen before. The image reveals a cold and turbulent region where material is just beginning to condense into new stars. It is located in the plane of our...
- Spitzer Telescope Detects Dust Around Carbon Star
Dust plays an important role in the evolution of galaxies like our Milky Way.With the help of NASA's Spitzer space telescope researchers have observed dust forming around the carbon star MAG 29, located 280,000 light years away from a smaller galaxy...
- The Large Magellanic Cloud
Large Magellanic Cloud [LMC] is the third nearest galaxy to the Milky Way at a distance of 163,000 light-years. It has a diameter of about 14,000 light years and a mass of approximately 10 billion Suns, making it roughly 1/100 as massive as...
- Galaxy That Shines With The Light Of More Than 300 Trillion Suns Discovered
NASA's WISE [Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer] telescope has discovered a remote galaxy that shines with the light of more than 300 trillion suns, making it the most luminous galaxy ever found. The galaxy, known as WISE J224607.57-052635.0...
- Elliptical Galaxy
Elliptical Galaxy ...