UArizona Will Lead NASA Space Telescope Mission to Reveal Unseen, Dynamic Lives of Galaxies
UArizona Will Lead NASA Space Telescope Mission to Reveal Unseen, Dynamic Lives of Galaxies NASA has selected Carlos Vargas, a postdoctoral researcher in UArizona's Steward Observatory, to lead a $20 million mission to build a space telescope that will map vast regions of star-forming gas that have eluded observation for decades. By Daniel Stolte, University of Arizona Jan. 7, 2021 Located 12 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major, M82, or the "Cigar Galaxy," is known for its intense rate of star formation. Vast regions of gas provide the fuel from whic...
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