Astronomers Pinpoint The Origin of Huge Gas Bubbles Flowing Out of The Milky Way

[Judi Lynn]

EVAN GOUGH, UNIVERSE TODAY5 JUNE 2020

There's an unusual paradox hampering research into parts of the Milky Way. Dense gas blocks observations of the galactic core, and it can be difficult to observe in visible light from our vantage point.

But distant galaxies don't always present the same obstacles. So in some ways, we can observe distant galaxies better than we can observe our own.

In order to gain a better understanding of the Galactic Center (GC) and the Interstellar Medium (ISM), a team of astronomers used a telescope called the Wisconsin H-Alpha Mapper (WHAM) to look into the core of the Milky Way in part of the optical light spectrum.

The team of researchers focused their efforts on two features of the Milky Way, called the Fermi Bubbles. The Fermi Bubbles are massive outbursts of high-energy gas emanating from the galactic core.

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