An article published in “Astrophysical Journal” describes a research about the eye-shape galaxy IC 2163, due to a collision with another galaxy called NGC 2207. A team of researchers led by astronomer Michele Kaufman used the ALMA radio telescope to study this kind of tsunami of stars and gas that took on a very rare form among the known galaxies.
An article published in the journal “Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets” describes a research on the traces of ancient volcanic events that may have affected the climate of the planet Mars. Using data collected by NASA’s Mars Odyssey space probe, a team of researchers led by Don Hood from Louisiana State University (LSU) studied an unusual region of Mars that was called Greater Thaumasia concluding that the mountain ridges that surround it are probably of volcanic origin.
An article published in the “Astrophysical Journal” describes the discovery of the remnants of a galaxy of which only a small core remained after passing through a larger galaxy. A team of astronomers used the VLBA radio telescope to find this unique object cataloged as B3 1715+425 with a diameter that is now only 3,000 light-years and a supermassive black hole at its center.
An article accepted for publication in the journal “Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society” describes a research on the large columnar structures in the Carina Nebula. A team led by Anna McLeod, a PhD student at ESO, used the MUSE instrument installed on ESO’s VLT (Very Large Telescope) to examine these structures that have been nicknamed “pillars of destruction” for certain similarities with the “Pillars of Creation” photographed by the Hubble space telescope.
An article published in the journal “Nature” describes the discovery of a triple system in formation. An international team of scientists used the Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA) and Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescopes to observe the system called L1448 IRS3B, where a disk of dust and gas is fragmenting into a multiple star system.
