Wednesday, 17 March 2010

Planck sees tapestry of cold dust

Giant filaments of cold dust stretching through our Galaxy are revealed in a new image from ESA’s Planck satellite. Analysing these structures could help to determine the forces that shape our Galaxy and trigger star formation.

http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMMN9CKP6G_index_0.html

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