Category: Space

NASA’S Chandra Shows Milky Way is Surrounded by Halo of Hot Gas

Astronomers have used NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory to find evidence our Milky Way Galaxy is embedded in an enormous halo of hot gas that extends for hundreds of thousands of light years.

Posted: September 24, 2012 in Space

The Milky Way’s Hot Gas Halo

Chandra finds evidence of a huge, hot gas halo enveloping the Milky Way galaxy.

Posted: September 24, 2012 in Space

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Posted: September 24, 2012 in slider