350 Trillion suns. Galaxy W2246-0526
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350 Trillion suns. Galaxy W2246-0526
Artist impression of W2246-0526, a single galaxy glowing in infrared light as intensely as 350 trillion suns. It is so violently turbulent that it may eventually jettison its entire supply of star-forming gas, according to new observations with ALMA.
The most luminous galaxy known in the Universe — the quasar W2246-0526, seen when the Universe was less than 10% of its current age — is so turbulent that it is in the process of ejecting its entire supply of star-forming gas, according to new observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA).
Credit:
NRAO/AUI/NSF; Dana Berry / SkyWorks; ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1602
Music with thanks to:-
“Balada do Tejo feat. André Coelho” (by M-PeX) from Album M-PeX: ODÝSSEIA
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/M-PeX/ODYSSEIA/
Balada_do_Tejo_feat_Andr_Coelho
Balada do Tejo feat. André Coelho by M-PeX is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.
http://freemusicarchive.org
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Artist impression of W2246-0526, a single galaxy glowing in infrared light as intensely as 350 trillion suns. It is so violently turbulent that it may eventually jettison its entire supply of star-forming gas, according to new observations with ALMA.
The most luminous galaxy known in the Universe — the quasar W2246-0526, seen when the Universe was less than 10% of its current age — is so turbulent that it is in the process of ejecting its entire supply of star-forming gas, according to new observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA).
Credit:
NRAO/AUI/NSF; Dana Berry / SkyWorks; ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1602
Music with thanks to:-
“Balada do Tejo feat. André Coelho” (by M-PeX) from Album M-PeX: ODÝSSEIA
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/M-PeX/ODYSSEIA/
Balada_do_Tejo_feat_Andr_Coelho
Balada do Tejo feat. André Coelho by M-PeX is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.
http://freemusicarchive.org
.