Posts Tagged ‘galaxy interaction’

Holy Galacticus

04 November 2011 Written by CritterKeeper 0 Comments

Credit: ESO/Oleg Maliy

Some­thing about this image of the spi­ral galaxy Messier 96 from the Euro­pean South­ern Obser­va­tory has me awestruck.

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Spectacular Spiral “S”

04 August 2011 Written by CritterKeeper 0 Comments

Credit: NASA and The Hub­ble Her­itage Team (STScI/AURA)

Star clouds sweep around a spec­tac­u­lar spi­ral “S” in this NASA Hub­ble Space Tele­scope image of the heart of M51, the Whirlpool Galaxy.

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Grand Galaxy

14 January 2010 Written by CritterKeeper 0 Comments

Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hub­ble Her­itage Team (STScI/AURA)

Here on Earth, we have a per­fect seat to look on at the sweep­ing, grand design of spi­ral galaxy M81.

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