NASA Rocket Experiment Finds the Universe Brighter Than We Thought

NASA Rocket Experiment Finds the Universe Brighter Than We Thought
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 10, 2014 - A NASA sounding rocket experiment has detected a surprising surplus of infrared light in the dark space between galaxies, a diffuse cosmic glow as bright as all known galaxies combined. The glow is thought to be from orphaned stars flung out of galaxies. The findings redefine what scientists think of as galaxies. Galaxies may not have a set boundary of stars, but instead stretch out to gre ... more

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