Invisible Galactic Gale

Press/Media: Expert comment

Description

Coverage of Or Graur's research and expertise on the spiral galaxy NGC 4666, and an unusual form of extreme galactic weather known as a superwind.

Period11 Oct 2021 → 5 Nov 2021

Media coverage

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Media coverage

  • TitleHubble Portrait of a Galaxy Shows It Shines in Stellar Birth and Death
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletSyFy
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date5/11/21
    DescriptionNGC 4666 is a spiral galaxy similar to the Milky Way, and we see it just a few degrees off of it being edge-on, so it looks like a highly elongated ellipse. That's an illusion borne of perspective; seen face-on it would likely look nearly circular.
    Producer/AuthorPhil Plait
    URLhttps://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/bad-astronomy-spiral-galaxy-shows-star-birth-and-supernovae
    PersonsOr Graur
  • TitleInvisible Galactic Gale
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletEuropean Space Agency
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date11/10/21
    DescriptionNGC 4666’s burst of star formation is driving an unusual form of extreme galactic weather known as a superwind — a gigantic transfer of gas from the bright central heart of the galaxy out into space.
    URLhttps://esahubble.org/images/potw2141a/
    PersonsOr Graur