Sentences with phrase «distant galaxies behind»

This large, fuzzy - looking galaxy is so diffuse that astronomers call it a «see - through» galaxy because they can clearly see distant galaxies behind it.

The photo captures not just distant galaxies behind the cluster, but galaxies that belong to Abell itself.

However, it has gravity, and that distorts the light coming from more distant galaxies behind it.

The gravity of this cluster acted as a lens, bending the light from a more distant galaxy behind it and brightening it.

In February, an image from the Hubble Space Telescope revealed one extremely distant galaxy behind a large cluster called Abell 2218.

Not exact matches

Completed in 1980 but operational before then, the VLA was behind the discoveries of water ice on Mercury; the complex region surrounding Sagittarius A *, the black hole at the core of the Milky Way galaxy; and it helped astronomers identify a distant galaxy already pumping out stars less than a billion years after the big bang.

A closer look at this beautiful new picture not only allows a very detailed inspection of the star - forming spiral arms of the galaxy, but also reveals the very rich scenery of the more distant galaxies scattered behind the myriad stars and glowing clouds of NGC 598.

Measuring the atomic hydrogen signal emitted by distant galaxies is one of the main scientific drivers behind the billion dollar Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project, for which technology demonstrators like the Australian SKA Pathfinder are under construction.

If a distant galaxy were lined up right behind one more close by, this warping would bend and magnify the faraway galaxy's image, a phenomenon now called gravitational lensing.

The lensing effect is strong if the distant galaxy is right behind the close one, much less if the distant galaxy is significantly off - axis.

Very distant galaxies that happen to lie behind these lenses from the perspective of Earth will appear magnified and brightened because of the gravitational warping of their light.

The cluster is so massive that it magnifies the light from faraway galaxies behind it due to a phenomenon called gravitational lensing, where the curvature of space acts like a giant funhouse mirror to stretch and brighten distant objects.

Subsequently, however, an even more distant quasar with a tentative redshift of z = 6.40 was announced on January 9, 2003, near the SDSS detection limit of a redshift of z ~ 6.5 for bright quasars, and other teams of astronomers detected even more distant, fast - star - forming irregular proto - galaxies, including: gravitationally - lensed HCM 6A behind galaxy cluster Abell 370 with a redshift of z ~ 6.56, which appears to be converting about 40 Solar - masses into stars annually; (PhysicsWeb; IFA press release; Hu et al, 2002, in pdf; and erratum); and the possible «superwind - galaxy» LAE J1044 - 0130 (Subaru press release; and Ajiki et al, 2002, in pdf).

After the Ultraviolet FW ’16 presentation in Paris, we met with Micol Ragni, the designer behind unconventional London based label, who gave us a glimpse of her own unique way of approaching fashion, where a party on a distant galaxy is the perfect stage for her new collection.

Mass Effect: Andromeda leaves Commander Shepard behind as humanity battles to build a new home in a distant galaxy.