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ScienceDaily: Galaxies News

ScienceDaily: Galaxies News


Astronomers complete cosmic dust census

Posted: 18 Mar 2014 06:32 AM PDT

Astronomers have completed a benchmark study of more than 300 galaxies, producing the largest census of dust in the local Universe, the Herschel Reference Survey. Astronomers observed galaxies at far-infrared and sub-millimeter wavelengths and captured the light directly emitted by dust grains.

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