NASA's Hubble Space Telescope maps the giant halo of gas enveloping our nearest galactic neighbour the Andromeda galaxy for the first time

(DailyMail)

• Astronomers looked at the light from background quasars to study the halo
• They found the halo stretches out 1.3 million light years towards the Milky Way
• The halo includes heavy elements ejected by stars exploding in a supernova

A giant halo of gas that surrounds the Milky Way's closest galactic neighbour - the Andromeda galaxy - has been mapped by NASA's Hubble Telescope for the first time.

Astronomers from Yale University used instruments on Hubble to study the scale of the galactic shell and found it stretches 1.3 million light-years from Andromeda. 

As a result of the research, astronomers now believe Andromeda's halo of gas is 'bumping into' the gas halo that surrounds our own Milky Way galaxy. 

Read more from Source - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8673641/NASAs-Hubble-Space-Telescope-maps-gas-halo-surround-Andromeda-galaxy-time.html

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope maps the giant halo of gas enveloping our nearest galactic neighbour the Andromeda galaxy for the first time

(DailyMail)

• Astronomers looked at the light from background quasars to study the halo


• They found the halo stretches out 1.3 million light years towards the Milky Way


• The halo includes heavy elements ejected by stars exploding in a supernova

A giant halo of gas that surrounds the Milky Way's closest galactic neighbour - the Andromeda galaxy - has been mapped by NASA's Hubble Telescope for the first time.

Astronomers from Yale University used instruments on Hubble to study the scale of the galactic shell and found it stretches 1.3 million light-years from Andromeda. 

As a result of the research, astronomers now believe Andromeda's halo of gas is 'bumping into' the gas halo that surrounds our own Milky Way galaxy. 

Read more from Source - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8673641/NASAs-Hubble-Space-Telescope-maps-gas-halo-surround-Andromeda-galaxy-time.html

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope maps the giant halo of gas enveloping our nearest galactic neighbour the Andromeda galaxy for the first time

(DailyMail)

• Astronomers looked at the light from background quasars to study the halo


• They found the halo stretches out 1.3 million light years towards the Milky Way


• The halo includes heavy elements ejected by stars exploding in a supernova

A giant halo of gas that surrounds the Milky Way's closest galactic neighbour - the Andromeda galaxy - has been mapped by NASA's Hubble Telescope for the first time.

Astronomers from Yale University used instruments on Hubble to study the scale of the galactic shell and found it stretches 1.3 million light-years from Andromeda. 

As a result of the research, astronomers now believe Andromeda's halo of gas is 'bumping into' the gas halo that surrounds our own Milky Way galaxy. 

Read more from Source - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8673641/NASAs-Hubble-Space-Telescope-maps-gas-halo-surround-Andromeda-galaxy-time.html

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope maps the giant halo of gas enveloping our nearest galactic neighbour the Andromeda galaxy for the first time

(DailyMail)

• Astronomers looked at the light from background quasars to study the halo


• They found the halo stretches out 1.3 million light years towards the Milky Way


• The halo includes heavy elements ejected by stars exploding in a supernova

A giant halo of gas that surrounds the Milky Way's closest galactic neighbour - the Andromeda galaxy - has been mapped by NASA's Hubble Telescope for the first time.

Astronomers from Yale University used instruments on Hubble to study the scale of the galactic shell and found it stretches 1.3 million light-years from Andromeda. 

As a result of the research, astronomers now believe Andromeda's halo of gas is 'bumping into' the gas halo that surrounds our own Milky Way galaxy. 

Read more from Source - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8673641/NASAs-Hubble-Space-Telescope-maps-gas-halo-surround-Andromeda-galaxy-time.html

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope maps the giant halo of gas enveloping our nearest galactic neighbour the Andromeda galaxy for the first time

(DailyMail)

• Astronomers looked at the light from background quasars to study the halo


• They found the halo stretches out 1.3 million light years towards the Milky Way


• The halo includes heavy elements ejected by stars exploding in a supernova

A giant halo of gas that surrounds the Milky Way's closest galactic neighbour - the Andromeda galaxy - has been mapped by NASA's Hubble Telescope for the first time.

Astronomers from Yale University used instruments on Hubble to study the scale of the galactic shell and found it stretches 1.3 million light-years from Andromeda. 

As a result of the research, astronomers now believe Andromeda's halo of gas is 'bumping into' the gas halo that surrounds our own Milky Way galaxy. 

Read more from Source - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8673641/NASAs-Hubble-Space-Telescope-maps-gas-halo-surround-Andromeda-galaxy-time.html

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope maps the giant halo of gas enveloping our nearest galactic neighbour the Andromeda galaxy for the first time

(DailyMail)

• Astronomers looked at the light from background quasars to study the halo
• They found the halo stretches out 1.3 million light years towards the Milky Way
• The halo includes heavy elements ejected by stars exploding in a supernova

A giant halo of gas that surrounds the Milky Way's closest galactic neighbour - the Andromeda galaxy - has been mapped by NASA's Hubble Telescope for the first time.

Astronomers from Yale University used instruments on Hubble to study the scale of the galactic shell and found it stretches 1.3 million light-years from Andromeda. 

As a result of the research, astronomers now believe Andromeda's halo of gas is 'bumping into' the gas halo that surrounds our own Milky Way galaxy. 

Read more from Source - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8673641/NASAs-Hubble-Space-Telescope-maps-gas-halo-surround-Andromeda-galaxy-time.html

Hurricane Laura death toll climbs to 14 in Louisiana, US

Fourteen people are now confirmed dead in the United States after Hurricane Laura battered southern states.

Ten of the victims were in Louisiana and four in Texas.

Winds of up to 150mph (240km/h) caused severe damage, with power cuts to more than half a million homes and a chemical fire from an industrial plant.

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards has asked the federal government for immediate financial assistance in dealing with the fallout.

President Donald Trump will travel to the two states on Saturday to meet with people affected by the hurricane, the White House said.

Laura has now been downgraded to tropical storm status, but heavy rain is still falling on several states.

In Haiti, which was earlier badly hit by storms Marco and Laura, at least 31 people are now reported to have died.

Read more from source - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-53955186