Astronomers Catch Interstellar Turbulence Warping Light across Milky Way

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Astronomers Catch Interstellar Turbulence Warping Light across Milky Way

Radio signal from the quasar TXS 2005+403 travels roughly 10 billion light-years to reach Earth, traversing the Cygnus region, one of the most turbulent and scattering environments in the Milky Way Galaxy. On the left, this artist’s conception shows the quasar as it truly appears, with a bright accretion disk and jets blasting into the Galaxy like a beacon through the darkness. On the right, we see how turbulent gas distorts scientists’ view of the quasar in much the same way heat haze from a fire warps our view of the objects behind it. Image credit: Melissa Weiss / CfA.

For the first time, astronomers have directly detected how turbulent clouds of ionized gas between the stars bend and blur radio signal from a distant quasar.

The post Astronomers Catch Interstellar Turbulence Warping Light across Milky Way appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

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