Astronomers have produced the first high-resolution map of a massive explosion in the nearby galaxy NGC 4383, providing important clues on how the space between galaxies is polluted with chemical elements.
Astronomers have produced the first high-resolution map of a massive explosion in the nearby galaxy NGC 4383, providing important clues on how the space between galaxies is polluted with chemical elements.
A team of international researchers studied the galaxy NGC 4383, in the nearby Virgo cluster, revealing a gas outflow so large that it would take 20,000 years for light to travel from one side to the other.
This gas outflow is the result of extremely powerful stellar explosions in the central regions of the galaxy that can eject enormous amounts of hydrogen and heavier elements. The mass of gas ejected is equivalent to over 50 million Suns.
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