A Cosmic Eyelash Reveals New Information on Star Formation
![Cosmic Eyelash](https://public.nrao.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ALMA-Image-Eyelash.jpg)
This ALMA image shows the Cosmic Eyelash, a remote starburst galaxy that appears double and brightened by gravitational lensing. ALMA has been used to detect turbulent reservoirs of cold gas surrounding this and other distant starburst galaxies. By detecting CH+ for the first time in the distant Universe, this research opens up a new window of exploration into a critical epoch of star formation.
Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/E. Falgarone et al.
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Date | 2016-10-24T00:07 |
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