Animation of Complex A Crashing into Milky Way’s Halo

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Animation of Complex A Crashing into Milky Way’s Halo

Animation of the giant gas cloud Complex A collapsing into the halo of the Milky Way Galaxy. Credit: Alexandra Angelich (NRAO/AUI/NSF). Music by Mark Mercury. #radioastronomy, #space, #NRAO, #milkywy Content created 04/18/2017

Credit: Alexandra Angelich (NRAO/AUI/NSF). Music by Mark Mercury.

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