X-ray display at millions of degrees

2007/11/26 Roa Zubia, Guillermo - Elhuyar Zientzia

• Astronomia

The Orio constellation nebula emits, in addition to light rays, X-rays. Astronomers have seen that this radiation is a consequence of the gas temperature of the nebula, which is at millions of degrees. According to them, this temperature is because the radiation of the hot stars of the nebula collides with the gas; the shock heats the gas and the gas then emits radiation, among other things, X-rays. In addition, astronomers believe that what happens in the Orion nebula is also common in many other gas clouds in the galaxy.

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