Sentences with phrase «central region of a galaxy»
In the crowded central regions of the galaxy, home to large numbers of massive stars, supernovas are so common that the evolution of complex life - forms might be difficult if not impossible.
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The galaxy is very active, as indicated by the range of colors visible in this NASA / ESA Hubble Space Telescope image, depicting the very central region of the galaxy.
The properties of Terzan 5 are not like the ones found in a globular cluster, but they are very similar to the stellar population found in the Milky Way's galactic bulge — a tightly packed central region of the galaxy.
«While any alignment at all is a surprise, to have it in the crowded central region of the galaxy is even more unexpected.»
Bok telescope The unusual building — said to resemble a can of bug spray — houses a versatile telescope that has contributed to studies of interacting double stars, quasars, and the central regions of galaxies.
Davide Lazzati at North Carolina State University in Raleigh says finding other such outbursts could help reveal the density of stars in the central regions of galaxies, where colossal black holes like this one live.
A conceptual rendition of gas being driven into a supermassive black hole following a supernova explosion Strong turbulence caused by supernova explosions inside a dense molecular gas disk in the central region of a galaxy disturbs the stable motion of gas.
Meanwhile, a correlation between the rate at which stars form in the central regions of galaxies and the amount of gas that falls into supermassive black holes (mass accretion rate) was known to exist, leading some scientists to suggest that the activity involved in star formation fuels the growth of black holes.
The telescope's sensitivity and wide view will enable a large - scale search for exoplanets by monitoring the brightness of millions of stars in the crowded central region of our galaxy.
VLBA image of the central region of the galaxy 0402 +379, showing the two cores, labeled C1 and C2, identified as a pair of supermassive black holes in orbit around each other.
Strong turbulence caused by supernova explosions inside a dense molecular gas disk in the central region of a galaxy disturbs the stable motion of gas.
It seems the mechanism that produces the tentacles of gas and newborn stars that give these galaxies their nickname also makes it possible for the gas to reach the central regions of the galaxies, feeding the black hole that lurks in each of them and causing it to shine brilliantly.