‘Polar ring’ galaxies might not be as rare as once thought
It’s big. It’s beautiful. It looks a bit like a sparkly, starry, slightly smooshed Eye of Sauron. It’s the galaxy NGC 4632, and new radio [more…]
It’s big. It’s beautiful. It looks a bit like a sparkly, starry, slightly smooshed Eye of Sauron. It’s the galaxy NGC 4632, and new radio [more…]
Names have significance, especially when they’re written in the stars. A group of astronomers is coalescing around an idea to rename two neighbors of the [more…]