The bridge of gas over 2.6 million light years

Astronomers have discovered a hydrogen air bridge spanning 2.6 million light years across galaxies 500 million years apart.

According to calculations, the demand for hydrogen gas is 15 billion times the mass of the sun.

The hydrogen gas range has a record length - (Photo: AGES)

This is also the largest known hydrogen gas bridge, more than 1 million years longer than the gas range found in the constellation Virgo a few years ago.

'This is an extraordinary finding. We often see gas strips in constellations, where many galaxies are crowded together, but finding a lasting and not happening phenomenon in the constellation range is truly unprecedented ' , according to Space.com quoted Dr. Rhys Taylor, head of research at the Czech Academy of Sciences.

The record-length gas bridge has been found thanks to the William E Gordon telescope at Arecibo observatory, which is administered by the US but located in Puerto Rico, according to a monthly Notices of the Royal report. Astronomical Society.

In addition to its impressive length, the air bridge surprised the scientific community because its weight was even heavier than the Milky Way and the Tien Nu galaxy combined.

New findings are based on data collected during the Arecibo Galactic Environmental Survey conducted between 2008 and 2011.