The First Interstellar Gas in a Globular Cluster?
- From: "Magnificent Universe" <MagnificentUniverse@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 12:59:35 -0800
Astronomers have detected what may be the first interstellar gas ever found
in a globular cluster. However, the amount of gas falls far short of
theoretical predictions.
Globular clusters ought to have lots of interstellar gas. After all, they
have lots of stars, and their brightest stars, red giants, lose lots of
mass. But past searches for gas between globulars' stars have come up dry.
Now astronomers report success. The full story is at
http://KenCroswell.com/M15Gas.html .
Meanwhile, last week's big story about the distance to the Andromeda Galaxy
is at http://KenCroswell.com/AndromedaDistance.html .
Correct email: MagnificentUniverse "at" yahoo "dot" com.
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