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How to catch a galactic wind

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Observations obtained by the Atacama Large Millimeter Array in Chile's Atacama Desert have revealed properties of the cold molecular phase of the wind that is being blown out of a nearby starburst galaxy. See Letter p.450

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Figure 1: The structure of the NGC 253 superwind.

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  1. Mark Westmoquette is at the European Southern Observatory, 85748 Garching, Germany.,

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Westmoquette, M. How to catch a galactic wind. Nature 499, 416–417 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/499416a

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