Hot, Massive Galaxy Halos

Astronomers using ESA’s XMM-Newton observatory have found very hot gaseous haloes around a multitude of spiral galaxies similar to our Milky Way galaxy. These ‘ghost-like’ veils have been suspected for decades but remained elusive until now.

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