Sentences with phrase «of galactic collisions»

These include filamentlike streams of stars — remnants of galactic collisions — as well as small «satellite» galaxies orbiting the Milky Way.

«Hubble sees the messy result of a galactic collision.»

Its odd structure is due to the fact that this is not one galaxy, but two — in the process of a galactic collision.

The Hubble Space Telescope caught the beginning of a galactic collision in a new version of a photograph taken in 2008.

Not exact matches

Perhaps it is through the spiraling collision of stars or star - size black holes in the overcrowded galactic core.

These billion - solar - mass monsters, residing in the centers of large galaxies, can glom together during galactic collisions after a spiraling dance, as shown here.

The study, published April 15 in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, is the latest using galactic collisions to probe the behavior of dark matter.

Perhaps it is through the spiraling collision of starsor star - size black holes in the overcrowded galactic core.

Recent observations of Markarian 177 reveal specific areas of intense star formation, possible signs of a recent galactic collision that expelled SDSS1133 from the parent galaxy where it once resided, the researchers reported online before print in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

The four - part series starts close to home with a visit to Chankillo, Peru, site of one of the world's first solar calendars, but soon ventures out to deep space, tracing Mercury's unusual orbit, witnessing galactic collisions, and chasing the very first light back in time to the dawn of the universe.

In view of such a interesting future history, a galactic collision seems a very small concern indeed.

We now know that galaxies began dying fairly early in the history of the universe, and that central supermassive black holes and galactic collisions play key roles in galactic evolution.

A galactic bulge is thought to evolve through numerous mergers and collisions with other galaxies which would bring a large amount of interstellar materials (* 2) into a galactic center and further the evolution of a black hole.

This confirmed that the lensed object is indeed an ongoing galactic collision forming hundreds of new stars each year, and that one of the colliding galaxies still shows signs of rotation; an indication that it was a disc galaxy just before this encounter.

From supermassive black holes at galactic centers to giant bursts of star formation to titanic collisions between galaxies, these discoveries allow astronomers to probe the current properties of galaxies as well as examine how they formed and developed.

This sequel is a galactic collision of unparalleled scale, an interstellar parade of bad ideas badly executed.

But beyond the playful warmth of his melodies, and the eccentric, whistling, mouth harps, «Right Stuff» military marches and Nirvanic Indian rhythms of Shangri - Llama, Debney brings a galactic sense of sci - fi scale to «Collision Course» for the mammal's desperate attempts to fend off a meteor, a sci - fi touch, complete with alien chorus, also touching on Debney's great retro score to the feature version of «Jimmy Neutron.»

ICE AGE: COLLISION COURSE Speaking of galactic travel, this franchise boldly goes where it never has before — outer space.