19 February 2020
Molecular oxygen detected for the first time in another galaxy
... spotted the lung-friendly gas in a galaxy called Markarian 231. “The detected O2 emission is located in regions about ...produce continuous shocks, the same processes might be happening in Mrk 231 just on a larger scale, say the team. Once liberated and...
31 August 2015
Markarian 231 quasar built around two twirling black holes
.... But scientists now say that they can also twirl. Well, sort of, anyway. A recent discovery in the Markarian 231 galaxy, located 600 million light years away from Earth, suggests that a quasar in it is actually the product...
