News tagged with cluster gas
Image: Active Galaxy Centaurus A
(PhysOrg.com) -- Resembling looming rain clouds on a stormy day, dark lanes of dust crisscross the giant elliptical galaxy Centaurus A.
Jan 04, 2012 |
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Astronomers find bounty of failed stars
A University of Toronto-led team of astronomers has discovered over two dozen new free-floating brown dwarfs, including a lightweight youngster only about six times heftier than Jupiter, that reside in two ...
Oct 11, 2011 |
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'Dead' galaxies are not so dead after all
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Michigan astronomers examined old galaxies and were surprised to discover that they are still making new stars. The results provide insights into how galaxies evolve with time.
May 30, 2011 |
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New arm discovered in outer edge of the Milky Way Galaxy
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a surprising twist, if you will, Thomas Dame and Patrick Thaddeus, both of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, have put forth in a paper to be published in an upcoming issue ...
May 23, 2011 |
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The Chandra Carina complex project
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Great Nebula in the constellation of Carina is a massive star-forming complex located about 7.5 thousand light-years away. The main star in the complex, Eta Carinae, shines brightly in ...
May 16, 2011 |
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Suzaku shows clearest picture yet of Perseus Galaxy Cluster
(PhysOrg.com) -- X-ray observations made by the Suzaku observatory provide the clearest picture to date of the size, mass and chemical content of a nearby cluster of galaxies. The study also provides the first ...
Mar 24, 2011 |
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The universe's most massive stars can form in near isolation, new study finds
(PhysOrg.com) -- New observations by University of Michigan astronomers add weight to the theory that the most massive stars in the universe could form essentially anywhere, including in near isolation; they ...
Dec 21, 2010 |
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Light, wind and fire: Beautiful image of a cosmic sculpture (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Today ESO has released a dramatic new image of NGC 346, the brightest star-forming region in our neighbouring galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud, 210 000 light-years away towards the constellation ...
Feb 24, 2010 |
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Galaxy Cluster Abell 3627: Two Tails to Tell
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two spectacular tails of X-ray emission has been seen trailing behind a galaxy using the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
Jan 22, 2010 |
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Researchers explain the activity of black holes at the centre of galaxy clusters
(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers at the University of Bonn have clarified the connection between black holes at the centre of galaxy clusters and surrounding gas, which serves them as "food". The scientists have ...
Sep 04, 2009 |
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Turbulence responsible for black holes' balancing act
We live in a hierarchical Universe where small structures join into larger ones. Earth is a planet in our Solar System, the Solar System resides in the Milky Way Galaxy, and galaxies combine into groups and ...
Jul 14, 2009 |
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Suzaku snaps first complete X-ray view of a galaxy cluster
The joint Japan-U.S. Suzaku mission is providing new insight into how assemblages of thousands of galaxies pull themselves together. For the first time, Suzaku has detected X-ray-emitting gas at a cluster's ...
May 28, 2009 |
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