Giant ring of black holes
(PhysOrg.com) -- Just in time for Valentine's Day comes a new image of a ring -- not of jewels -- but of black holes.
Feb 09, 2011
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First light for new spectrograph
The new observing instrument VIRUS-W, built by the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics and the University Observatory Munich, saw "first light" on 10th November at the Harlan J. Smith Telescope ...
Jan 26, 2011
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Image: Seeing Red
This image by the Hubble Space Telescope shows a dramatic view of the spiral galaxy M51, dubbed the Whirlpool Galaxy.
Jan 18, 2011
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Forget Planet X! New technique could pinpoint Galaxy X
(PhysOrg.com) -- Planet X, an often-sought 10th planet, is so far a no-show, but Sukanya Chakrabarti has high hopes for finding what might be called Galaxy X – a dwarf galaxy that she predicts orbits ...
Jan 13, 2011
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Hubble zooms in on a space oddity
A strange, glowing green cloud of gas that has mystified astronomers since its discovery in 2007 has been studied by Hubble. The cloud of gas is lit up by the bright light of a nearby quasar, and shows signs ...
Jan 10, 2011
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The many galaxy 'flavors'
(PhysOrg.com) -- This collage of galaxies from NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, showcases the many "flavors" that galaxies come in, from star-studded spirals to bulging ellipticals to those ...
Dec 17, 2010
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Spitzer sees shrouded burst of stars
(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have found a stunning burst of star formation that beams out as much infrared light as an entire galaxy. The collision of two spiral galaxies ...
Nov 23, 2010
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Why do the ionized gas clouds stream out from galaxies?
Using the Subaru Prime Focus Camera (Suprime-Cam) in their observations of the Coma Cluster, researchers from the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), Hiroshima University, the University of ...
Nov 22, 2010
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Spiral galaxies may be dying because of bars
With the help of the army of volunteers working on the Galaxy Zoo 2 'citizen science' project an international team of scientists led by a Portsmouth astrophysicist may have discovered what is killing spiral ...
Nov 10, 2010
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Missing Milky Way dark matter
Although dark matter is inherently difficult to observe, an understanding of its properties (even if not its nature) allows astronomers to predict where its effects should be felt. The current understanding ...
Nov 09, 2010
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Spiral galaxies stripped bare
Six spectacular spiral galaxies are seen in a clear new light in images from ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the Paranal Observatory in Chile. The pictures were taken in infrared light, using the ...
Oct 27, 2010
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Image: Pinwheel of star birth
Though the universe is chock full of spiral-shaped galaxies, no two look exactly the same. This face-on spiral galaxy, called NGC 3982, is striking for its rich tapestry of star birth, along with its winding ...
Oct 19, 2010
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An elegant galaxy in an unusual light (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new image taken with the powerful HAWK-I camera on ESO's Very Large Telescope at Paranal Observatory in Chile shows the beautiful barred spiral galaxy NGC 1365 in infrared light. NGC 1365 ...
Sep 22, 2010
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A nearby galactic exemplar
ESO has released a spectacular new image of NGC 300, a spiral galaxy similar to the Milky Way, and located in the nearby Sculptor Group of galaxies. Taken with the Wide Field Imager (WFI) at ESO’s La Silla ...
Sep 08, 2010
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Image: Galaxy at the edge
Spiral galaxy NGC 4921 presently is estimated to be 320 million light years distant.
Aug 30, 2010
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