The "afterglow" of the universe is an important piece of evidence for the Big Bang. This background radiation also provides ...

Spirals are only one of four major classifications for galaxies; the others are elliptical, irregular and peculiar. Elliptical galaxies would be better called spheroidal; they can be spherical but ...

“At the very least, we are convinced that its strength has been underestimated.” The huge elliptical galaxy ESO 325-G004 shone 10,000 times brighter when it formed than it does today. These types of ...

ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Thilker You might have heard that galaxies come in different types, classified based on their shapes. There are elliptical galaxies, which are smooth and featureless ...

Given the extreme angle at which it is viewed, astronomers are unsure if the Sombrero is a spiral galaxy or an elliptical galaxy. While it is packed with stars and hosts a supermassive black hole ...

Being sites of intense star formation, the rings have been interpreted as evidence that Andromeda collided with its smaller neighboring elliptical galaxy M32 more than 200 million years ago.

Elliptical galaxy NGC 3561B (upper left) and spiral galaxy NGC 3561A (lower right) form a shimmering guitar shape in the ongoing merger known collectively as Arp 105. CREDITS: NASA, ESA and M.

Since I review standing desks, I have a whole house full of them and I set up the Sunny Under-Desk Elliptical underneath the FlexiSpot E7. It’s a bit deeper at 30 inches than most of the other ...