Saturday, November 16, 2013

ScienceDaily: Astronomy News

ScienceDaily: Astronomy News


Nature pulls a fast one on astronomers: Two galaxies caught masquerading as one

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 05:18 PM PST

What might look like a colossal jet shooting away from a galaxy turns out to be an illusion. New data from the National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) reveal that two galaxies, one lying behind the other, have been masquerading as one.

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