By | September 21, 2016 06:00am ET
Using the Eurupean Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) and ALMA array, astronomers have spotted two galaxies at the heart of the cloud which are very actively forming stars. This activity is lighting up the surrounding “blob,” known as SSA22-Lyman-alpha blob 1. The zoom-in seen here, created with VLT imagery, flies into the constellation of Aquarius to reveal the cloud. (Full Story )
credit : ESO/A. Fujii/Digitized Sky Survey 2/M. Hayes Music: John Dyson (from the album Moonwind)
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