June’s Stellar Space Pictures
JUN 28, 2019
Gaze upon halos of light, streams of interstellar gas, and nearby Earthlike planets this month.
An artist’s impression of the interstellar gas surrounding the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.
NRAO/AUI/NSF; S. Dagnello
(Inside Science) -- In various breakthroughs this month, astronomers got first glances at gases and galaxies in the early universe. They imaged interstellar gas surrounding our local supermassive black hole, gas streaming between stars in planet formation, and gases forming the oldest galaxy merger in the universe. Through illustrations, telescope images and 3D renderings, these pictures reveal structures that help us understand how planets and galaxies alike form.
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