The gravitational interaction has also resulted in the formation
of filamentary structures in the group.
«I wonder if we can indeed use this technique to see the emission
of filamentary gas in the cosmic web.
The image shows a fine web
of filamentary «bicycle - spoke» features embedded in the colorful red and blue ring of gas.
In the final sequence, the viewer enters an immersive exploration
of the filamentary structure of the local universe, navigating inside the filaments and visiting the major nodes such as the Great Attractor.
«I was pretty struck by the prevalence
of the filamentary type of clouds,» he says.
Nor had anyone been able to observe that stellar systems develop from parts
of a filamentary gas cloud until now: «At first, we thought that the fragments wouldn't interact with each other.»
Not exact matches
Williams,
of Cardiff University, explains: «We've known for some time that dusty,
filamentary cloud structures are ubiquitous in the Milky Way's interstellar medium.
This
filamentary streamer rotates and twists throughout the ten - hour span
of the Great Red Spot image sequence, distorted by winds that are blowing at 540 kilometres per hour.
Patches
of dust block out the light as it travels towards us, preventing us from seeing the stars behind it, and smaller tendrils
of dust create the dark
filamentary structures within the clouds.
The images show
filamentary and cumulus clouds, along with a good view
of the planet's giant hurricane (middle).
The MAMMOTH - 1 nebula appears to have a
filamentary structure that aligns with the galaxy distribution in the large - scale structure
of the protocluster, supporting the idea that ELANs are illuminated segments
of the cosmic web, Cai said.
This dark matter
filamentary structure is thought to be a progenitor
of large scale structures in the Universe.
One
of the best known examples
of large scale structure in the modern Universe is the cosmic Great Wall, a gigantic
filamentary structure spanning over 500 million light - years.
The debris, called the Veil Nebula, is one
of the best - known supernova remnants, deriving its name from its delicate, draped
filamentary structures.
It is driven by the motion
of the motor protein myosin along
filamentary actin strands.
We present results
of near - infrared (JHKs) polarization observations toward the
filamentary cloud.
Abstract: The influence
of magnetic fields (B - fields) in the formation and evolution
of bipolar bubbles, due to the expanding ionization fronts (I - fronts) driven by the Hii regions that are formed and embedded in
filamentary molecular clouds, has not been well - studied yet.
In addition to the anisotropic expansion
of I - fronts into a filament, B - fields are expected to introduce an additional anisotropic press... ▽ More The influence
of magnetic fields (B - fields) in the formation and evolution
of bipolar bubbles, due to the expanding ionization fronts (I - fronts) driven by the Hii regions that are formed and embedded in
filamentary molecular clouds, has not been well - studied yet.
What the GBT was able to pin down was a population
of 20 discrete neutral hydrogen clouds, together with an extended
filamentary component, which, the astronomers believe, are both associated with Andromeda.
The map provides a tantalizing glimpse
of giant
filamentary structures extending across millions
of light - years, and paves the way for more extensive studies that will reveal not only the structure
of the cosmic web, but also details
of its function — the ways that pristine gas is funneled along the web into galaxies, providing the raw material for the formation
of galaxies, stars, and planets.
Combining all
of the measurements across the entire field
of view allowed the team a tantalizing glimpse
of giant
filamentary structures extending across millions
of light - years, and paves the way for more extensive studies that will reveal not only the structure
of the cosmic web, but also details
of its function — the ways that pristine gas is funneled along the web into galaxies, providing the raw material for the formation
of galaxies, stars, and planets.
«Those devices are connected via very thin
filamentary wires to an external control and power module, which also itself is very small, but which mounts on the outside surface
of the skull almost like a cap,» Rogers said.
We have clearly detected FIR dust emission extended in the halo
of the galaxy; there are two
filamentary emission structures extending from the galactic disk up to 9 kpc in the northern and 6 kpc in the northwestern direct... ▽ More We present new far - infrared (FIR) images
of the edge - on starburst galaxy NGC253 obtained with the Far - Infrared Surveyor (FIS) onboard AKARI at wavelengths
of 90 um and 140 um.
«Although this technique has been employed previously, the depth
of the COSMOS image and its superior resolution enables a more precise and detailed map, covering a large enough area to see the extended
filamentary structures,» said co-investigator Richard Ellis
of the California Institute
of Technology.
This is a very active area
of research, and we hope to someday see gas as it falls into these more normal galaxies along these
filamentary streams.