VLA Reveals Spectacular "Halos" of Spiral Galaxies
Charlottesville VA (SPX) Oct 14, 2015 - A study of spiral galaxies seen edge-on has revealed that "halos" of cosmic rays and magnetic fields above and below the galaxies' disks are much more common than previously thought. An international team of astronomers used the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) to study 35 edge-on spiral galaxies at distances from 11 million to 137 million light-years from Earth. The study took advant ... more
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