Five New Gas Clouds Revealed Near M81

It has been a very busy week for astronomers, as this year's American Astronomical Society meeting has taken place. New astronomical discoveries started pouring from all over the place, announcing observations of ultramassive black holes, new evidence of dark matter existence, the discov... [ read more >> ]

Radio image of the small cluster; the color red represents molecular hydrogen gas; the green circled areas are gas clouds discovered by the VLA; the central white image represents M81, the top one NGC 3077 while the lower right one is the galaxy M82

Image comment: Radio image of the small cluster; the color red represents molecular hydrogen gas; the green circled areas are gas clouds discovered by the VLA; the central white image represents M81, the top one NGC 3077 while the lower right one is the galaxy M82
Image credits: Digital Sky Survey

Radio image of the small cluster; the color red represents molecular hydrogen gas; the green circled areas are gas clouds discovered by the VLA; the central white image represents M81, the top one NGC 3077 while the lower right one is the galaxy M82
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