Tuesday, January 28, 2014

ScienceDaily: Galaxies News

ScienceDaily: Galaxies News


River of hydrogen flowing through space observed

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 01:44 PM PST

Astronomers have discovered what could be a never-before-seen river of hydrogen flowing through space. This very faint, very tenuous filament of gas is streaming into the nearby galaxy NGC 6946 and may help explain how certain spiral galaxies keep up their steady pace of star formation.

Exceptionally close stellar explosion discovered

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 06:32 AM PST

An exceptionally close stellar explosion discovered on Jan. 21 has become the focus of observatories around and above the globe, including several NASA spacecraft. The blast, designated SN 2014J, occurred in the galaxy M82 and lies only about 12 million light-years away. This makes it the nearest optical supernova in two decades and potentially the closest type Ia supernova to occur during the life of currently operating space missions.

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