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RSS FeedsSupermassive black holes feed on cosmic jellyfish
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16 august 2017 19:17:56

 
Supermassive black holes feed on cosmic jellyfish
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An Italian-led team of astronomers used the MUSE (Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer) instrument on the Very Large Telescope (VLT) at ESO`s Paranal Observatory in Chile to study how gas can be stripped from galaxies. They focused on extreme examples of jellyfish galaxies in nearby galaxy clusters, named after the remarkable long `tentacles` of material that extend for tens of thousands of light-years beyond their galactic discs.


 
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