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Showing posts with label Detected giant halo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Detected giant halo. Show all posts

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Detected giant halo surrounding the Milky Way


The estimated mass is comparable to that would add all the stars in the galaxy, said Yair Krongold, researcher at the Institute of Astronomy at UNAM, and member of the international team that made the discovery.

Mexico City. An international group of astronomers, which owns Krongold Yair Herrera, a researcher at the Institute of Astronomy (IA) of the UNAM, detected a gigantic halo of hot gas surrounding the Milky Way.