Computer Simulation of Outflowing Galactic Wind (VIDEO)

University of California - San Diego

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Computer simulation of an outflowing galactic wind launched with an initial velocity of 450 kilometers per second and a mass outflow rate of 200 solar masses per year, which blows gas out of the galaxy for 200 million years into the surrounding circumgalactic medium. The left panel shows the gas temperature and the right panel show the gas density. This simulation provides a possible explanation for the origin of odd radio circles.

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Cassandra Lochhaas / Space Telescope Science Institute

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