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No strain for Andromeda: Galaxy is cosmic cannibal (w/ Video)
Sep 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A huge galaxy neighbouring our own Milky Way appears to have expanded by "digesting" smaller galaxies nearby, a new study has shown.
A Galaxy Collision in Action
Jul 09, 2009 |
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This beautiful image gives a new look at Stephan's Quintet, a compact group of galaxies discovered about 130 years ago and located about 280 million light years from Earth. The curved, light blue ridge running ...
Galaxy Zoo Hunters Help Astronomers Discover Rare 'Green Pea' Galaxies
Jul 27, 2009 |
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A team of astronomers has discovered a group of rare galaxies called the "Green Peas" with the help of citizen scientists working through an online project called Galaxy Zoo. The finding could lend unique ...
Largest ever survey of very distant galaxy clusters completed
Jun 30, 2009 |
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An international team of researchers led by a UC Riverside astronomer has completed the largest ever survey designed to find very distant clusters of galaxies.
The Milky Way's tiny but tough galactic neighbor
Oct 14, 2009 |
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In the new ESO image, Barnard's Galaxy glows beneath a sea of foreground stars in the direction of the constellation of Sagittarius (the Archer). At the relatively close distance of about 1.6 million light-years, ...
Starbursts in Dwarf Galaxies are a Global Affair
Apr 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Bursts of star making in a galaxy have been compared to a Fourth of July fireworks display: They occur at a fast and furious pace, lighting up a region for a short time before winking out.
Chandra Shows Shocking Impact of Galaxy Jet
Apr 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A survey by the Chandra X-ray observatory has revealed in detail, for the first time, the effects of a shock wave blasted through a galaxy by powerful jets of plasma emanating from a supermassive ...
Stripped down: Hubble highlights two galaxies that are losing it
Sep 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Ram pressure is the drag force that results when something moves through a fluid -- much like the wind you feel in your face when bicycling, even on a still day -- and occurs in this context ...
Star-Forming Backbone of a Massive Structure in the Early Universe Photographed
May 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a special camera known as AzTEC developed by a research team led by Grant Wilson, astronomy professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, an international research group has ...
Galaxies coming of age in cosmic blobs
Jun 24, 2009 |
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The "coming of age" of galaxies and black holes has been pinpointed, thanks to new data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes. This discovery helps resolve the true nature of gigantic ...
Invisible matters: How dwarf galaxies may lose their light
Oct 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study seeking to answer the question of why some galaxies are extremely dark compared with others may eventually help to explain the formation of all galaxies, according to researchers ...
Herschel Space Telescope uncovers the sources of the Cosmic Infrared Background
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using first observations with the PACS Instrument on board ESA’s Herschel Space Telescope, scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics and other institutions have ...
NGC 4710 galaxy: Baffling boxy bulge (w/ Video)
Nov 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Just as many people are surprised to find themselves packing on unexplained weight around the middle, astronomers find the evolution of bulges in the centres of spiral galaxies puzzling. A ...
Astronomers Find Hyperactive Galaxies in the Early Universe
Aug 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Looking almost 11 billion years into the past, astronomers have measured the motions of stars for the first time in a very distant galaxy and clocked speeds upwards of one million miles per ...
Cosmic Dance Helps Galaxies Lose Weight
Jul 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A study published this week in the journal Nature offers an explanation for the origin of dwarf spheroidal galaxies. The research may settle an outstanding puzzle in unders ...
