Astronomers witness slow death of nearby galaxy

Astronomers witness slow death of nearby galaxy

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https://phys.org/news/2018-10-astronomers-witness-death-nearby-galaxy.html

Lead researcher Professor Naomi McClure-Griffiths from ANU said the features of the radio images were more than three times finer than previous SMC images, which allowed the team to probe the interactions between the small galaxy and its environment with more accuracy.

"We were able to observe a powerful outflow of hydrogen gas from the Small Magellanic Cloud," said Professor McClure-Griffiths from the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics at ANU.