https://freerepublic.com/tag/boomerangnebula/ en-us Thu, 31 Oct 2013 00:29:03 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3085668/posts The Boomerang Nebula, called the “coldest place in the Universe,” reveals its true shape with ALMA. The background blue structure, as seen in visible light with the Hubble Space Telescope, shows a classic double-lobe shape with a very narrow central region. ALMA’s resolution and ability to see the cold molecular gas reveals the nebula’s more elongated shape, as seen in red. Credit: Bill Saxton; NRAO/AUI/NSF; NASA/Hubble; Raghvendra Sahai Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array telescope, astronomers view the coldest known object in the Universe, the Boomerang Nebula. At a cosmologically crisp one degree Kelvin (minus 458 degrees Fahrenheit), the... SCitech Daily https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3085668/posts#comment Thu, 31 Oct 2013 00:29:03 GMT