A study by astronomers at the University of Southampton is hoping to solve what they are calling an “intergalactic mystery” of how elliptical ... galaxies. She said: “This is the first real ...

An unusual elliptical galaxy with a history of absorbing smaller galaxies appears to be approaching its next target. An unusual elliptical galaxy with a history of absorbing smaller galaxies ...

In elliptical galaxies, this is often easy to explain ... are not the direct reason for the random motions, and that the real cause is something more insidious: age. The "age" of a galaxy does ...

The giant elliptical galaxy Virgo A (M87, NGC 4486) is located at the center of the Virgo Cluster. This galaxy, about 50 million light-years from Earth (1 light-year is the distance light travels ...

This week’s large telescope target is elliptical galaxy NGC 2832 in Lynx. Some observers find elliptical galaxies beneath their attention because they lack detail. Sometimes, however ...

Spiral galaxies have a thin, pancake-shaped disk, with a spherical bulge at the center. Within the disk, the brightest stars trace out the characteristic spiral pattern. Elliptical galaxies are ...

For elliptical galaxies that have absorption‐line data for more elements, the abundances of Na and N elevate in a similar fashion, relative to both Ca and Fe ([Ca/Fe] ≈ 0; [Na, N/Fe] progressively > 0 ...