Extragalactic astronomy

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391Space / NGC objects / Unbarred spiral galaxies / Local Group / Messier objects / Parsec / Sombrero Galaxy / Cosmic distance ladder / Milky Way / Astronomy / Extragalactic astronomy / Spiral galaxies

Galaxy Distances and Mixed Fractions Our Milky Way galaxy is not alone in the universe, but has many neighbors. The distances between

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Source URL: spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2010-05-02 13:33:16
392Local Group / Spiral galaxies / Physical cosmology / Galaxy / Milky Way / Cosmic distance ladder / Galaxy formation and evolution / Astronomy / Physics / Extragalactic astronomy

A ‘Galactic City’ in the Far Reaches of our Universe Astronomers have recently discovered a massive cluster of young galaxies that formed when the universe was only about 1 billion years old. The light from these ga

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Source URL: spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2011-02-04 11:55:40
393Virgo Supercluster / Galaxy / Virgo Cluster / Gamma-ray burst / Milky Way / Spiral galaxy / Hubble sequence / Galaxy formation and evolution / Astronomy / Extragalactic astronomy / Space

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Source URL: spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2010-05-02 04:33:06
394Supermassive black holes / Black holes / Extragalactic astronomy / Milky Way Galaxy / Quasar / Mass / Galactic Center / Stellar black hole / Astronomy / Physics / Galaxies

31 Black Holes….IV Thanks to two orbiting X-ray observatories, astronomers have the first strong evidence of a supermassive black hole ripping apart a star and consuming a portion of it. The event,

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Source URL: spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2008-02-15 11:24:32
395Black holes / Galaxies / Local Group / Spiral galaxies / Supermassive black hole / Milky Way / Chandra X-ray Observatory / Active galactic nucleus / Binary black hole / Astronomy / Extragalactic astronomy / Space

Minor mergers have massive consequences for black holes By Dr. Ethan Siegel When you think of our sun, the nearest star to our world, you think of an isolated entity, with more than four light years separating it from i

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Source URL: spaceplace.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2015-01-12 12:39:38
396Spiral galaxies / Local Group / Galaxy formation and evolution / Stellar evolution / Galaxy / Elliptical galaxy / Dark matter / Milky Way / Star formation / Astronomy / Physics / Extragalactic astronomy

Episode 50: The Death of Spiral Galaxies with Kat Griffiths Physicists: Ben Tippett, Sean Moran, Laura Hainline Copyright Ben Tippett, Transcribed By William Blewitt !

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Source URL: titaniumphysicists.brachiolopemedia.com

Language: English - Date: 2015-01-11 03:34:31
397Galaxies / Supermassive black holes / Milky Way / Elliptical galaxy / Active galactic nucleus / Black hole / Abell 400 / American Astronomical Society 215th meeting / Astronomy / Extragalactic astronomy / Space

Hercules A Some galaxies have extremely bright cores, suggesting that they contain a supermassive black hole that is pulling in matter at a prodigious rate. Astronomers call these “active galaxies,” and Hercules A is

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Source URL: chandra.harvard.edu

Language: English - Date: 2014-11-25 12:11:15
398Spiral galaxies / Lenticular galaxies / Intermediate spiral galaxies / Low-ionization nuclear emission-line region / NGC objects / NGC / Astronomy / Extragalactic astronomy / Peculiar galaxies

NGC 4736 NGC 4736 is a spiral galaxy that is unusual because it has two ring structures. This galaxy is classified as containing a “low ionization nuclear emission region,” or LINER, in its center, which produces rad

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Source URL: chandra.harvard.edu

Language: English - Date: 2014-11-25 12:11:07
399Space / Ultraluminous X-ray source / Spiral galaxies / Extragalactic astronomy / Galaxy / Milky Way / Interacting galaxy / NGC / Galaxy formation and evolution / Astronomy / X-ray astronomy / Barred spiral galaxies

Galactic Get Together Has An Impressive Light Display At this time of year, people all over the world are celebrating this festive season with beautiful light displays. This new image of two colliding galaxies is a cosm

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Source URL: www.unawe.org

Language: English - Date: 2014-12-11 11:36:11
400Spiral galaxies / Lenticular galaxies / Intermediate spiral galaxies / Low-ionization nuclear emission-line region / NGC objects / NGC / Astronomy / Extragalactic astronomy / Peculiar galaxies

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Source URL: chandra.harvard.edu

Language: English - Date: 2014-11-25 12:09:30
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