Friday, January 10, 2014

ScienceDaily: Galaxies News

ScienceDaily: Galaxies News


Unravelling the web of a cosmic creeply-crawly

Posted: 09 Jan 2014 10:26 AM PST

This new Hubble image is the best-ever view of a cosmic creepy-crawly known as the Tarantula Nebula, a region full of star clusters, glowing gas, and dark dust. Astronomers are exploring and mapping this nebula as part of the Hubble Tarantula Treasury Project, in a bid to try to understand its starry anatomy.

Hubble views stellar genesis in the Southern Pinwheel

Posted: 09 Jan 2014 09:49 AM PST

The vibrant magentas and blues in this Hubble image of the barred spiral galaxy M83 reveal that the galaxy is ablaze with star formation. The galactic panorama unveils a tapestry of the drama of stellar birth and death. The galaxy, also known as the Southern Pinwheel, lies 15 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra.

Surprising new class of 'hypervelocity stars' discovered escaping the galaxy

Posted: 09 Jan 2014 09:49 AM PST

Astronomers have discovered a surprising new class of "hypervelocity stars" – solitary stars moving fast enough to escape the gravitational grasp of the Milky Way galaxy.

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