Sentences with phrase «such galaxies as a whole»

Previously, astronomers have used x-ray telescopes to observe strong winds very near the massive black holes at galactic centers (artist's concept, inset) and infrared wavelengths to detect the vast outflows of cool gas (bluish haze in artist's concept, main image) from such galaxies as a whole, but they've never done so in the same galaxy.

Not exact matches

Cosmologists typically focus on the large - scale properties of the universe as a whole, such as galaxies and intergalactic medium; while astrophysicists are more interested in testing physical theories of small - to medium - sized objects, such as stars, supernovae and interstellar medium.

The velocities measured within much of the Milky Way are strongly affected by local gas movements such as expanding bubbles and streaming within spiral arms and not just the rotation of the galaxy as a whole.