Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Jellyfish-Like Galaxy Appears To Be Shedding All Over Space

Jellyfish-Like Galaxy Appears To Be Shedding All Over Space:



A gas stream from galaxy ESO 137-001 shines brightly in X-rays captured by the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. The galaxy is captured in other wavelengths by the Hubble Space Telescope. The gas stream is due to the galaxy running into superheated gas in the region. Credit: NASA, ESA, CXC



A gas stream from galaxy ESO 137-001 shines brightly in X-rays captured by the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. The galaxy is captured in other wavelengths by the Hubble Space Telescope. The gas stream is due to the galaxy running into superheated gas in the region. Credit: NASA, ESA, CXC
Is that a tractor beam trying to latch on to galaxy ESO 137-001? While the bold blue stripe in the picture above looks like a Star Trek-like technology, this new picture combination captures a stream of gas shining brightly in X-rays.

The “galactic disrobing” is taking place as the galaxy moves through the center of a star cluster full of superheated gas, scientists said. You can see another shot of the chaos below the jump.

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