Molecules found in the galaxy APM 08279+5255 (IMAGE)

Chalmers University of Technology

Molecules found in the galaxy APM 08279+5255

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Light from many different molecules reveals the secrets of distant star factories. The illustration shows representations of the molecules found in the distant galaxy APM 08279+5255, superimposed on an image of a similar galaxy in the nearby universe – IC 5063 – taken in visible light by the Hubble telescope. Both of these galaxies have an active supermassive black hole at their centre.

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NASA, ESA & W. P. Maksym (CfA); Jmol (molecules); R. Cumming (montage)

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