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Monstrous Cloud Boomerangs back to our Galaxy

This composite image shows the size and location of the Smith Cloud on the sky. The cloud appears in false-color, radio wavelengths as observed by the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia. The visible-light image of the background star field shows the cloud's location in the direction of the summer constellation Aquila. The cloud is 15 degrees across in angular size -- the width of an outstretched hand at arm's length. The apparent size of the full moon is added for comparison. Credit: B. Saxton and F. Lockman (NRAO/AUI/NSF), and A. Mellinger

This composite image shows the size and location of the Smith Cloud on the sky. The cloud appears in false-color, radio wavelengths as observed by the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia. The visible-light image of the background star field shows the cloud’s location in the direction of the summer constellation Aquila. The cloud is 15 degrees across in angular size — the width of an outstretched hand at arm’s length. The apparent size of the full moon is added for comparison. Credit: B. Saxton and F. Lockman (NRAO/AUI/NSF), and A. Mellinger

New Hubble telescope observations suggest a high-velocity H gas cloud was launched from the outer regions of our own galaxy around 70 million years ago...

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