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Hundreds of Galaxies Were Found Hiding Behind Our Milky Way - by Brian Handwerk/ Science/ Nature/ SmithsonianMag.com
"The objects may help explain why our galaxy and its neighbors are hurtling towards a seemingly blank zone called the Great Attractor.
Hundreds of galaxies have been playing a cosmic game of hide and seek, and astronomers just tagged them "it".
Using radio telescopes to peer through the dense plane of the Milky Way, researchers have spotted huge galactic gatherings that have long been obscured from view. These galaxies lie a mere 250 million light-years away—and they will only get closer, because they appear to be pulling us towards them at breakneck speed.
Scientists had suspected that galaxies existed in this region, says study co-author Renée C. Kraan-Korteweg of the University of Cape Town, South Africa. But seeing them with traditional telescopes presents a challenge..."
An artist's rendering of the galaxies hiding beyond the veil of the Milky Way. (ICRAR)
Richard
"The objects may help explain why our galaxy and its neighbors are hurtling towards a seemingly blank zone called the Great Attractor.
Hundreds of galaxies have been playing a cosmic game of hide and seek, and astronomers just tagged them "it".
Using radio telescopes to peer through the dense plane of the Milky Way, researchers have spotted huge galactic gatherings that have long been obscured from view. These galaxies lie a mere 250 million light-years away—and they will only get closer, because they appear to be pulling us towards them at breakneck speed.
Scientists had suspected that galaxies existed in this region, says study co-author Renée C. Kraan-Korteweg of the University of Cape Town, South Africa. But seeing them with traditional telescopes presents a challenge..."
An artist's rendering of the galaxies hiding beyond the veil of the Milky Way. (ICRAR)
Richard