First optical measurements of Milky Way's Fermi Bubbles probe their origin
Wednesday, June 3, 2020 - 10:30
in Astronomy & Space
Using the Wisconsin H-Alpha Mapper telescope, astronomers have for the first time measured the Fermi Bubbles in the visible light spectrum. The Fermi Bubbles are two enormous outflows of high-energy gas that emanate from the Milky Way and the finding refines our understanding of the properties of these mysterious blobs.