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Press pages | Central powering of largest Lyman-Alpha nebula is revealed by polarized radiation

The paper | Releases | Video | Articles | Silly

False colour image of Lyman alpha Blob 1. Lyα narrowband emission shown in green. Credit: ESO.

Access to the paper

• Online at Nature.
• Editor's summary.
• arXiv version.
• Commentary article by Richard Bower, from Durham's Institute for Computational Cosmology. Same issue of Nature.

Issued releases

• ESO press release (EN, translated into 17 languages): Giant Space Blob Glows from Within: VLT finds primordial cloud of hydrogen to be centrally powered.
• CNRS press release (FR) : Un nuage céleste géant rayonne de l‘intérieur.
• IRAP (FR) : Lumière polarisée d'une structure de l'Univers lointain.
• UMN press release (EN) : Researchers discover that giant space blob glows from within.

Video

The ESO video:

And it's very nice. Here's Claudia talking about it:

However, this is the best thing in the universe:

Articles, mentions, blogs, reproductions ...

1. The Guardian (EN) : Dazzling blobs shed new light on the universe.
2. BBC (EN) : The space blob that glows from within.
3. Bad Astronomy Blog (EN) : In astronomy, a polarizing view is good.
4. National Geographic (EN) : Why Giant Space Blob Is Glowing - Mystery Solved?
5. Sky and Telescope (EN) : Galaxies Make Giant Gas Clouds Glow.
6. Space.com (EN) : Giant Space 'Blob' Glows Green From Galaxies Within.
7. Science Daily (EN) : Giant Space Blob Glows from Within: Primordial Cloud of Hydrogen Is Centrally Powered.
8. EurekAlert (EN) : Giant space blob glows from within.
9. COSMIC LOG on MSNBC (EN) : What makes space blobs glow? .
10. Daily Mail (EN, kind of) : Revealed: The green blob on the other side of the universe that's bigger than the Milky Way galaxy.
11. University of Minnesota News (EN) : Cosmic behemoth had central heating—and lighting.
12. Pro-Physik (DE) : Der Energiequelle der gr&oum;ssten kosmischen Wolken auf der Spur.
13. Informationsdienst Wissenschaft (DE) : Der Energiequelle der gr&oum;ssten kosmischen Wolken auf der Spur.
14. La Cuarta (ES/CL) : TREMENDA MANCHA ESPACIAL BRILLA MÁS QUE OPINÓLOGO INSPIRADO.
15. UPI (EN) : Source of rare cosmic glow found.
16. gaea-breu blog (PT) : Bolha Espacial Gigante Brilha a partir do seu Interior.
17. Yahoo! News (EN) : Astronomers stare down space blob.
18. Astronomy magazine (EN) : Giant space blob glows from within.
19. Before It's News (EN) : The Lyman-Alpha Blob That Ate The Universe...
20. AstroCast.tv (EN) : ESO'S VLT SEES A "LYMAN-ALPHA BLOB" - "MUST BE POWERED BY GALAXIES EMBEDDED WITHIN IT.".
21. Science Codex (EN) : Lyman-alpha blob glows from within.
22. Astro Bob (EN) : Big green blob powered by hidden galaxies.
23. Universe Today (EN) : The Lyman-Alpha Blob That Ate The Universe...
24. International Business Times (EN) : Mystery Behind Gigantic Space Blob Revealed (Images and Videos).
25. Top News (EN) : Dazzling blobs shed new light on the universe.
26. News Track India (EN) : Gigantic alpha blob glow comes from galaxies hidden within.
27. Truth Dive (EN) : Gigantic alpha blob glow comes from galaxies hidden within.
28. Astronomy Now (EN) : Giant space blob glows from within.
29. Dalje (EN) : Source of rare cosmic glow found.
30. Mail & Guardian (EN) : Dazzling blobs shed new light on the universe.
31. U.TV (EN) : Dazzling blobs shed new light on the universe.
32. Space Page (BE) : REUSACHTIGE GASKLODDER IN DE RUIMTE GLOEIT VAN BINNEN.
33. Red Orbit (EN) : VLT Finds Primordial Space Blob Glows From Within.
34. INAF (IT) : Le galassie illuminano i “blob Lyman-alfa”.
35. Spacedog (EN) : Giant Space Blobs glows from within.
36. Sify (EN) : http://www.sify.com/news/gigantic-alpha-blob-glow-comes-from-galaxies-hidden-within-news-international-lisnagcbcae.html?source=ANI.
37. The Coming Crisis (EN) : Lyman-alpha blob: The green blob on the other side of the universe that's bigger than the Milky Way galaxy.
38. Futurehead (EN) : http://www.futurehead.com/index.php/Headlines/dazzling-blobs-shed-new-light-on-the-universe.html.
39. Andhra News (EN) : Gigantic alpha blob glow comes from galaxies hidden within Read more: http://www.andhranews.net/Technology/2011/Gigantic-alpha-blob-glow-comes-galaxies-5562.htm#ixzz1VSFcCf2x.
40. Science News Line (EN) : Giant Space Blob Glows from Within.
41. ASD News (EN) : Giant Space Blob Glows from Within.
42. PhysOrg (EN) : Giant space blob glows from within: Primordial cloud of hydrogen found to be centrally powered.
43. Discovery News (EN) : GLOWING SPACE BLOB POWERED BY GALAXIES.
44. Physics today (EN) : Dazzling blobs shed new light on the universe.
45. Sow Science (EN) : Lyman-alpha Glow Giant Space Blob.
46. On Orbit (EN) : Giant Space Blob Glows from Within.
47. Irish Weather Online (EN) : ESO Closer To Unlocking Secrets Of Space Blobs.
48. IO9 (EN) : What makes this strange space blob glow?.
49. Orbiting Frog (EN) : “It’s called a Lyman-alpha blob ...
50. Thunder Bolts (EN) : Cosmic Blobs.
51. European Commission Research & Innovation (EN) : ESO's VLT discovers mystery behind giant space blob brilliance.

Selected silly reactions

1. Online TV News (EN, kind of). This looks like it's been dragged forwards and then backwards through google translate: Giant blob space it illuminates from within: the primordial cloud of hydrogen Powered Central.