Sentences with phrase «formed under the influence of gravity»

Scientists initially thought the Great Wall of Geller and Huchra was impossibly large to have formed under the influence of gravity, but computer simulations later revealed it fell within theoretical limits.

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When the core reaches about 1.5 times the mass of the Sun, it collapses under the influence of its own gravity and forms a neutron star.

Eventually, these lumps became large enough and dense enough to collapse and form galaxies, which themselves clumped under the influence of gravity to form clusters and superclusters of galaxies, and so on.

Under the influence of gravity, each clump would pull regular matter into its center, forming stars and galaxies.

The microwave background marks the limit of the observable universe, nearly 14 billion light - years away, and Rudnick believes that the void, which is 6 billion to 10 billion light - years away, imprinted its form on the microwave background by the simple virtue of being empty: Under the influence of dark energy and gravity, space containing clusters of galaxies compresses microwaves to a shorter, warmer part of the spectrum, while space that is empty on this scale stretches and cools microwaves.

These sculptures hang off the edge of shelves and appear to be under the influence of gravity, but once they've dried they are solid forms.