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How Milky Way stole an enormous gas halo from our dwarf neighbours – Mirage News
A stream of gas from the Magellanic Clouds the mass of more than a billion Suns fills our skies in UV and x-ray light. But why does it remain so massive…
Professor Joss Bland-Hawthorn.
Now, an international team of astronomers has found evidence that both Magellanic Clouds are themselves surrounded by huge hot haloes as well that protect the gas stream from the Milky Way. Their new model accounts for the huge mass in the gas stream.
Co-author of the study Professor Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Director of the University of Sydney Institute for Astronomy, said: “We are fortunate here in the Southern Hemisphere that we can see these nearby galaxies with …
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