Something weird is happening in our galaxy - Ashkbiz Danehkar
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In 2010, NASA announced the discovery of a never-before-seen galactic object: two gigantic gaseous bubbles, each emanating an impressive 25,000 light years from the center of the Milky Way. Astronomers were perplexed: what created these structures? And could this mean that the black hole at the center of our galaxy was waking up? Ashkbiz Danehkar explores the possible origins of the Fermi bubbles.
Additional Resources for you to Explore
Here is an animation made by NASA that shows an artist's interpretation of the Fermi Bubbles.
Here is a video made by the Chandra X-ray Observatory that describes X-ray emitting bubbles in the galaxy NGC 3079, which was discovered with the Chandra X-ray Telescope in 2019.
Credits for images, videos, and simulations featured in the animation:
- eROSITA telescope logo: MPE, Johannes Buchner
- Crab Supernova Explosion: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen)
- Westerlund 2: Hubble’s 25th anniversary image - NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), A. Nota (ESA/STScI), and the Westerlund 2 Science Team
- The Veil Supernova Explosion: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen)
- Galactic centre region: NASA, ESA, SSC, CXC and STScI
- Artist’s impression of the quasar 3C 279: ESO/M. Kornmesser
- Fermi gamma-ray lobes animation: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
- Launch of the James Webb Space Telescope: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Ashkbiz Danehkar
- Director Igor Coric, Artrake Studio
- Narrator Jack Cutmore-Scott
- Music Cem Misirlioglu, Brooks Ball
- Sound Designer Cem Misirlioglu
- Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
- Producer Sazia Afrin
- Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal
- Editorial Producer Shannon Odell
- Fact-Checker Charles Wallace