Astronomers Find 100,000-Light-Year Bow Shock in the Milky Way's Outskirts
Former UArizona Astronomy Major David Sutton (pictured) and Steward Observatory Associate Professor Gurtina Besla have published a new paper that may change our understanding of how the circumgalactic medium evolves
In a new paper authored by former UArizona Astronomy Major David Setton and Steward Observatory Associate Professor Gurtina Besla, a 100,000-light-year bow shock on the edge of the Milky Way may change our understanding of how the circumgalactic medium evolves. "David started this project as a senior Astronomy Major at UArizona under my supervision,” Besla says. “I am so proud of him for having now defended his dissertation at U. Pitt and continuing his career as a Brinson Prize Fellow at Princeton." Besla says the predicted bow shock has important implications for the evolution of the Magellanic system and nearby satellites, and even for indirect dark matter detection experiments. Learn more at Sky and Telescope.