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Anatomy of a Cosmic Seagull

By Mariya Lyubenova | ESO Head of Media Relations Team on Aug 7, 2019 Featured, Science/Education

Colourful and wispy, this intriguing collection of objects is known as the Seagull Nebula, named for its resemblance to a gull in flight. Made up of dust, hydrogen, helium and traces of heavier elements, this region is the hot and energetic birthplace of new stars. The remarkable detail captured here by ESO’s VLT Survey […]

Fast Radio Burst Tied to Distant Dwarf Galaxy and, Perhaps, Magnetar

By Robert Sanders | University of California-Berkeley on Jan 5, 2017 Featured, Science/Education

One of the rare and brief bursts of cosmic radio waves that have puzzled astronomers since they were first detected nearly 10 years ago has finally been tied to a source: an older dwarf galaxy more than 3 billion light years from Earth. Fast radio bursts, which flash for just a few milliseconds, created a […]