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A New Look – and Sound – for Messier 94

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Per NASA News, the Chandra X-ray Observatory has released a new composite image of Messier 94, a spiral galaxy featuring a bright starburst ring where new stars are actively forming. The image combines X-rays of different wavelengths from Chandra with visible light observations from ground-based telescopes, offering a detailed view of the galaxy's structure. The oval-shaped formation visible in the image may be driving gas into the star-forming ring, and NASA has also created a sonification of the image data—translating the cosmic portrait into sound.

Source: https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/a-new-look-and-sound-f...

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