NASA shares incredible picture depicting magnetic fields in a galaxy
According to a post, the picture depicting the magnetic fields of a galaxy was captured by NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA). Updated: December 30, 2020 11:08:09 am
Shared on the official Instagram profile of NASA, the image shows the magnetic fields in galaxy NGC 1068. “A wrinkle in time and space,” the US space agency wrote, sharing the image.
US space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recently shared a picture depicting the magnetic fields in a galaxy and it’s being shared widely on social media.
The photo that was shared on the official Instagram profile of NASA shows the magnetic fields in galaxy NGC 1068.
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Pandemic put no limit to space exploration in 2020
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Pandemic put no limit to space exploration in 2020.. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, Dec 21 : If one thing triumphed in 2020 despite all the challenges, it was science. While scientists from around the world worked at a break-neck speed to find a solution to beating Covid-19, the pandemic could not slow down the human pursuit to explore space objects.
This year specially proved to be great for bringing back samples from distant space objects that can significantly augment our understanding of the evolution of the universe.
CQ 4479 was found by NASA’s SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) infrared telescope. This galaxy is an anomaly because quasars indulging in a feeding frenzy usually heat up the rest of the galaxy to the point that atoms and molecules are flying around everywhere and nothing can settle long enough to condense into an astral embryo. This is why its black hole is called a “cold quasar.”
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