Most Luminous Known Galaxy Shines Brighter Than Light of 300 Trillion Suns

Started by walkstall, May 21, 2015, 07:40:58 PM

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walkstall

Now you talking GW.   :woot:

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NASA researchers have identified the brightest galaxy ever encountered, which shines in the infrared wavelength with the equivalent light of 300 trillion suns. This "extremely luminous infrared galaxy" was encountered in data from 2010's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer. The WISE space telescope has revealed a number of strange and unique galaxies. This one, the astronomers theorize, may have a supermassive black hole at the center, which draws immense amounts of gas and matter into itself and releases a veritable rainbow of electromagnetic energy. This energy, however, is blocked by thick a halo of dust, which absorbs it and heats up, emitting infrared light instead — and in unprecedented amounts.

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hobbsforever

daaammnnnnn...it's things like this that makes me realize how insignificant our problems are.