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3 Oct 2011

Space Blob Glows from Within

by Brian Siana | posted in: Uncategorized | 0

New observations with the Very Large Telescope reveal that a massive glowing gas cloud known as a “Lyman-α Blob” is likely powered from a galaxy forming within it.

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