For the first time, astronomers have directly measured the speed of superheated gas billowing from a cauldron of stellar activity at the heart of M82.
Category: Cosmic Rays
NASA’s Fermi Spots Young Star Cluster Blowing Gamma-Ray Bubbles
For the first time, astronomers using NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have traced a budding outflow of gas from a cluster of young stars in our galaxy — insights that help us understand how the universe has evolved as NASA explores the secrets of the cosmos for the benefit of all. The cluster, called Westerlund […]