NASA reveals EXTRAORDINARY images of ‘galactic nuclear superbubbles’ in an alien galaxy
The pair of balloon-like regions stretch out on opposite sides of the centre of the galaxy which is a supermassive black hole.
One is 4,900 light years across and the other is only slightly smaller, with a diameter of about 3,600 light years.
The superbubbles in NGC 3079 give off light in the form of X-ray, optical and radio emission, making them detectable by NASA telescopes.
These bubbles provide evidence that they and structures like them may be the source of high-energy particles called “cosmic rays” that regularly bombard Earth.
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