News articles tagged with 'galaxy'
Strange new 'species' of ultra-red galaxy discovered
— 2 Dec 2011 10:29 | AstronomyIn the distant reaches of the universe, almost 13 billion light-years from Earth, a strange species of galaxy lay hidden. Cloaked in dust and dimmed by the intervening distance, even…
NASA's Hubble confirms that galaxies are the ultimate recyclers
— 18 Nov 2011 17:09 | AstronomyNew observations by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope are expanding astronomers' understanding of the ways in which galaxies continuously recycle immense volumes of hydrogen gas and heavy…
Newly merged black hole eagerly shreds stars
— 9 Apr 2011 11:52 | AstronomyA galaxy's core is a busy place, crowded with stars swarming around an enormous black hole. When galaxies collide, it gets even messier as the two black holes spiral toward each other,…
The rose-red glow of star formation
— 30 Mar 2011 16:31 | AstronomyThe object dominating this image may resemble a pool of spilled blood, but rather than being associated with death, such regions of ionised hydrogen - known as HII regions - are sites…
The most distant mature galaxy cluster
— 9 Mar 2011 20:20 | Astronomy'We have measured the distance to the most distant mature cluster of galaxies ever found,' says the lead author of the study in which the observations from ESO's VLT have been used,…
Spitzer captures infrared rays from a Sunflower
— 4 Mar 2011 14:29 | AstronomyThe various spiral arm segments of the Sunflower galaxy, also known as Messier 63, show up vividly in this image taken in infrared light by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Infrared…
The dusty disc of NGC 247
— 3 Mar 2011 12:35 | AstronomyThe spiral galaxy NGC 247 is one of the closest spiral galaxies of the southern sky. In this new view from the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope in Chile large numbers…
Gas rich galaxies confirm prediction of modified gravity theory
— 23 Feb 2011 17:43 | AstronomyRecent data for gas rich galaxies precisely match predictions of a modified theory of gravity know as MOND according to a new analysis by University of Maryland Astronomy Professor…
Super-sharp radio 'eye' remeasuring the universe
— 20 Feb 2011 16:06 | AstronomyUsing the super-sharp radio 'vision' of astronomy's most precise telescope, scientists have extended a directly-measured 'yardstick' three times farther into the cosmos than ever before,…
Herschel finds less dark matter but more stars
— 17 Feb 2011 17:12 | AstronomyESA's Herschel space observatory has discovered a population of dust-enshrouded galaxies that do not need as much dark matter as previously thought to collect gas and burst into star…