News articles tagged with 'elliptical'
Exceptionally deep view of strange galaxy
— 7 Feb 2009 12:06 | AstronomyThe Coma Galaxy Cluster, in the northern constellation of Coma Berenices, the hair of Queen Berenice, is one of the closest very rich collections of galaxies in the nearby Universe.…
Astronomers discover link between supermassive black holes and galaxy formation
— 4 Feb 2009 13:58 | AstronomyA pair of astronomers from Texas and Germany have used a telescope at The University of Texas at Austin's McDonald Observatory together with Hubble Space Telescope and many other telescopes…
Hubble captures Coma Cluster's starry population
— 10 Jun 2008 22:00 | AstronomyNASA's Hubble Space Telescope captures the magnificent starry population of the Coma Cluster of galaxies, one of the densest known galaxy collections in the universe. The Hubble's Advanced…
Old galaxies stick together in the young Universe
— 1 Apr 2008 11:57 | AstronomyUsing the most sensitive images ever obtained with the United Kingdom Infra-Red Telescope (UKIRT), astronomers have found convincing evidence that galaxies which look old early in the…
Watching galaxies grow old gracefully
— 15 Nov 2007 11:00 | AstronomyIn the early 1900s, Edwin Hubble made the startling discovery that our Milky Way galaxy is not alone. It is just one of many galaxies, or 'island universes,' as Hubble dubbed them,…
Hubble spies shells of sparkling stars around quasar
— 25 Oct 2007 17:00 | AstronomyWhat has appeared as a mild-mannered elliptical galaxy in previous studies is revealing its wild side in new images taken with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The Hubble photos show…
Successful Ariane 5 upper stage engine re-ignition experiment
— 22 Oct 2007 19:29 | AstronomyA successful re-ignition of the Ariane 5 upper stage engine performed during the most recent mission has consolidated Ariane 5's readiness for the launch of the Jules Verne Automated…
Hidden planet pushes the ring of the star a billion miles off-centre
— 13 Jun 2007 20:39 | AstronomyA young star's strange elliptical ring of dust likely heralds the presence of an undiscovered Neptune-sized planet, says a University of Rochester astronomer in the latest Monthly Notices…
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