Does our galaxy have a habitable zone?
I've got to say, you are one of the luckiest people I've ever met.
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News tagged with spiral arms
Image: Hubble spots a stunning spiral
Galaxies come in many shapes and sizes. One of the key galaxy types we see in the universe is the spiral galaxy, as demonstrated in an especially beautiful way by the subject of this Hubble Space Telescope image, NGC 2985. ...
Astronomy
Jul 19, 2019
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Scientists have traced Earth's path through the galaxy via tiny crystals found in its crust
"To see a world in a grain of sand," the opening sentence of the poem by William Blake, is an oft-used phrase that also captures some of what geologists do.
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JWST sets a new record, sees newly forming stars in the Triangulum galaxy
Our Milky Way bristles with giant molecular clouds birthing stars. Based on what we see here, astronomers assume that the process of star creation also goes on similarly in other galaxies. It makes sense since their stars ...
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Dec 29, 2023
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Astrophysicists discover mechanism for spiral-arm formation in disk galaxies
Astrophysicists at the University of Arkansas have discovered a mechanism for the formation of the spiral arms in disk galaxies.
Astronomy
Aug 11, 2016
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A galactic rose highlights Hubble's 21st anniversary
(PhysOrg.com) -- In celebration of the 21st anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope’s deployment into space, astronomers pointed Hubble at an especially photogenic group of interacting galaxies called Arp 273.
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Surprise: Small elliptical galaxy actually a giant disk
Astronomers have believed since the 1960s that a galaxy dubbed UGC 1382 was a relatively boring, small elliptical galaxy. Ellipticals are the most common type of galaxy and lack the spiral structure of disks like the Milky ...
Astronomy
Jul 11, 2016
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Portrait of young galaxy throws theory of galaxy formation on its head
Scientists have challenged our current understanding of how galaxies form by unveiling pictures of a young galaxy in the early life of the Universe which appears surprisingly mature.
Astronomy
Feb 11, 2021
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What was here before the solar system?
The solar system is old. Like, dial-up-fax-machine-old. 4.6 billion years to be specific. The solar system has nothing on the universe. It's been around for 13.8 billion years, give or take a few hundred million. That means ...
Astronomy
May 29, 2015
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This galaxy is no match for a hungry cluster
A new study led by Yale University astronomers tells the story of a galaxy that ran out of gas.
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