Astronomy
New Mechanism Explains Origins of Cometary Ingredients
Rocky planets like Earth are all believed to have begun as dust circling newly born stars, and clues about the origin…
Galaxy Core
[/caption] A typical spiral galaxy is shaped like a flat spinning disk - think of a record. It has a…
How Do Galaxies Get Named?
[/caption] Andromeda, M31, Triangulum, NGC 2403 the Whirlpool... have you ever wondered how galaxies get their names? Galaxies usually have…
Galactic Alignment
[/caption] Just like the Earth orbits the Sun, the Sun itself is part of the Milky Way galaxy. It takes…
Galactic Equator
[/caption] The Milky Way is a spiral galaxy, measuring 100,000 light-years across, but only 1,000 light-years thick. Imagine a spinning…
Galactic Plane
[/caption] The Milky Way is a vast spiral galaxy, shaped a bit like a spinning record; just one that measures…
Distance to Andromeda
[/caption] The distance to the Andromeda Galaxy is 2.54 million light-years, or 778 kiloparsecs. The Andromeda Galaxy can be seen…
Galaxy Rotation
[/caption] Look across the Universe, and you'll see that almost everything is rotating. The Earth rotates on its axis as…
What is the Largest Galaxy?
[/caption] Galaxies can range in size from having just a few million stars to well over a trillion stars. But…
Ring Galaxy
[/caption] There are spiral galaxies and elliptical galaxies, but one of the strangest you're ever going to see is a…