This video zooms in from a wide-field view of the dim constellation of Aquarius (The Water Carrier) to one of the largest known single objects in the Universe, the Lyman-alpha blob LAB1. Observations show that the giant blob must be powered by several galaxies embedded within the cloud.
Video Credit: ESO / A. Fujii/Digitized Sky Survey 2 / M. Hayes
Based on the title, I thought this would be another Schmalfeldt post. Turns out “giant space blob” is an actual object in space.
Very educational, thank you.
Yeah, I confess, that’s the first thing I thought of too.