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  1. Triangulum
    a small northern constellation near Perseus between Andromeda and Aries
    By Max Sonnenberg, The Space Reporter Thursday, May 09, 2013 Astronomers from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory have spotted a cluster of hydrogen clouds bridging the space between two nearby galaxies, Andromeda and Triangulum.
  2. ionize
    convert into ions
    According to Spencer Wolfe of West Virginia University, the idea that vast, “seemingly empty stretches of the Universe” could contain massive but spread out areas of hot, ionized hydrogen is not new to astronomers.
  3. fuel line
    a pipe that carries gasoline from a tank to a gasoline engine
    Hydrogen clouds lurking among Milky Way’s neighbors could be fuel line for new stars The cluster of hydrogen clouds probably condensed out of a larger and unfound reservoir of gas.
  4. Andromeda
    an Ethiopian princess and daughter of Cassiopeia
    By Max Sonnenberg, The Space Reporter Thursday, May 09, 2013 Astronomers from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory have spotted a cluster of hydrogen clouds bridging the space between two nearby galaxies, Andromeda and Triangulum.
  5. radio astronomy
    the branch of astronomy that detects and studies the radio waves emitted by celestial bodies
    By Max Sonnenberg, The Space Reporter Thursday, May 09, 2013 Astronomers from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory have spotted a cluster of hydrogen clouds bridging the space between two nearby galaxies, Andromeda and Triangulum.
  6. humongous
    very large
    Astronomers discovered that 50 percent of the hydrogen gas was “clumped together” into humongous blobs that would normally be indicators of dwarf galaxies, but for their lack of stars.
  7. astronomer
    a physicist who studies celestial bodies and the universe
    By Max Sonnenberg, The Space Reporter Thursday, May 09, 2013 Astronomers from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory have spotted a cluster of hydrogen clouds bridging the space between two nearby galaxies, Andromeda and Triangulum.
  8. datum
    an item of factual information from measurement or research
    In 2012, preliminary data obtained by the GBT helped astronomers determine that there was definitely hydrogen between the two galaxies.
  9. intergalactic
    existing or occuring between collections of star systems
    Astronomers speculate that intergalactic clouds in the regions between galaxies could contain a “significant fraction’ of the unaccounted-for normal matter in space.
  10. hydrogen
    a colorless, odorless gas; the lightest chemical element
    Hydrogen clouds lurking among Milky Way’s neighbors could be fuel line for new stars The cluster of hydrogen clouds probably condensed out of a larger and unfound reservoir of gas.
  11. ionized
    converted totally or partly into ions
    According to Spencer Wolfe of West Virginia University, the idea that vast, “seemingly empty stretches of the Universe” could contain massive but spread out areas of hot, ionized hydrogen is not new to astronomers.
  12. wavelength
    a way of thinking or coming to mutual understanding
    Astronomers were able to spot neutral atomic hydrogen due to the characteristic signal it emits at radio wavelengths.
  13. high-resolution
    producing images that are sharp and finely detailed
    Not until astronomers examined the area using high-resolution photos from the GBT did a clearer picture of the region emerge.
  14. dark matter
    a hypothetical invisible form of matter making up most of the universe
    He noted that the clustered orientation “may be the result of a filament of dark matter.”
  15. galaxy
    a collection of star systems
    By Max Sonnenberg, The Space Reporter Thursday, May 09, 2013 Astronomers from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory have spotted a cluster of hydrogen clouds bridging the space between two nearby galaxies, Andromeda and Triangulum.
Created on Thu May 09 09:04:27 EDT 2013

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