galaxies
Thick Stellar Disk Isolated in Andromeda
[/caption] From the Institute of Astronomy at Cambridge University press release: A team of astronomers from the UK, the US…
A Pure Disk Galaxy Is A Perfect Picture
[/caption] What could be more eye-catching than a picture perfect pure disk galaxy? In itself it is untouched - not…
Long Ago and Far, Far Away… Hubble Discovers Most Distant Galaxy Yet!
[/caption]No Princess is sending holographic help messages. No Hans Solo is warming up a Millenium Falcon to jump into hyperdrive.…
What is a galaxy? (Vote now!)
[/caption]Classification is key to all sciences, but can often cause debate. Within astronomy, fierce debates have raged over the definition…
Swift Survey Finds ‘Missing’ Active Galaxies
From a NASA press release: Seen in X-rays, the entire sky is aglow. Even far away from bright sources, X-rays…
Star Birth and Death in the Andromeda Galaxy
[/caption] To the naked eye, the Andromeda galaxy appears as a smudge of light in the night sky. But to…
Galactic Mergers Fail to Feed Black Holes
[/caption] The large black holes that reside at the center of galaxies can be hungry beasts. As dust and gas…
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“Astrobiology” Parody Video of Ke$ha’s “We R Who We R”
Wanna get turned on by … “Astrobiology” ?? Are we alone in the universe? Well check out just this newly-released…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Secular Evolution
[/caption] A traditional galaxy evolution model has it that you start with spiral galaxies – which might grow in size…
Clash of the Titan Galaxies
[/caption] Is this galaxy exploding? Although that's what it might look like, this is actually two gigantic galaxies crashing into…