News articles tagged with 'galaxy' (Page 2)
Isolating the stellar discs of Andromeda
— 15 Feb 2011 15:54 | AstronomyA team of astronomers from the UK, the US and Europe have identified a thick stellar disc in the nearby Andromeda galaxy for the first time. The discovery and properties of the thick…
A picture-perfect pure-disc galaxy
— 2 Feb 2011 16:34 | AstronomyNGC 3621 is a spiral galaxy about 22 million light-years away in the constellation of Hydra (The Sea Snake). It is comparatively bright and can be seen well in moderate-sized telescopes.…
Swift survey finds 'missing' active galaxies
— 21 Jan 2011 20:17 | AstronomySeen in X-rays, the entire sky is aglow. Even far away from bright sources, X-rays originating from beyond our galaxy provide a steady glow in every direction. Astronomers have long…
Astronomers discover close-knit pairs of massive black holes
— 13 Jan 2011 16:48 | AstronomyAstronomers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), and University of Hawaii (UH) have discovered 16 close-knit pairs…
Planck unveils wonders of the Universe
— 11 Jan 2011 17:02 | AstronomyThe first scientific results from Europe's Planck spacecraft featuring the coldest objects in the Universe have today been released…
Possible missing link between young and old galaxies
— 11 Jan 2011 16:56 | AstronomyUniversity of California, Berkeley, astronomers may have found the missing link between gas-filled, star-forming galaxies and older, gas-depleted galaxies typically characterised as…
Surprise: Dwarf galaxy harbours supermassive black hole
— 9 Jan 2011 19:13 | AstronomyThe surprising discovery of a supermassive black hole in a small nearby galaxy has given astronomers a tantalising look at how black holes and galaxies may have grown in the early history…
Andromeda's once and future stars
— 5 Jan 2011 17:15 | AstronomyTwo ESA observatories have combined forces to show the Andromeda Galaxy in a new light. Herschel sees rings of star formation in this, the most detailed image of the Andromeda Galaxy…
Black holes and warped space: New UK telescope shows off first
— 10 Dec 2010 20:15 | AstronomySpearheaded by the University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Observatory and funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council, the e-MERLIN telescope will allow astronomers to…
New observations of exploding stars reveal pauses, flickers and flares
— 5 Dec 2010 18:06 | AstronomyAstronomers have traced the waxing and waning light of exploding stars more closely than ever before and seen patterns that aren't yet accounted for in our current understanding of…