News tagged with galactic mergers
Black holes and star formation
(PhysOrg.com) -- It has long been recognized that galaxy mergers or even close interactions can play a vital role in shaping the morphology of galaxies. One way they can do so, it is thought, is by triggering ...
Feb 09, 2012 |
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Galaxy mergers not the trigger for most black hole feeding frenzies
(PhysOrg.com) -- A survey of distant galaxies using the Hubble Space Telescope has put another nail in the coffin of the theory that galaxy mergers are the main trigger for turning quiescent supermassive black ...
Oct 14, 2011 |
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Identity parade clears cosmic collisions of the suspicion of promoting black hole growth
(PhysOrg.com) -- What happens when galaxies crash together? For years, these cosmic collisions have been blamed for triggering violent outbursts at the hearts of galaxies. Now, a remarkable piece of detective ...
Jan 05, 2011 |
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'Cosmic fruit machine' matches collisions
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new website will give everyone the chance to contribute to science by playing a 'cosmic fruit machine' and compare images of colliding galaxies with millions of simulated images of galactic ...
Nov 24, 2009 |
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Galaxy Cores to Crash in a Few Million Years
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope offers a rare view of an imminent collision between the cores of two merging galaxies, each powered by a black hole with millions of times the ...
Mar 16, 2009 |
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