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Researchers have created the first high-resolution map of a giant galactic explosion, providing insights on how the space between galaxies is polluted with chemicals. Astronomers studied galaxy NGC 4383, in the nearby Virgo cluster, and captured a gas outflow so large it would take 20,000 years for light to travel from one side to the other. The discovery was published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society on Monday. Lead author Adam Watts, from the University of Western Australia node at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), said the gas out…

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