Results 1 to 2 of 2
  1. #1
    Sagan's Avatar Carl Sagan
    Forum Addiction:

    Join Date
    Nov 2012
    Gender
    Male
    Location
    SOL System
    Posts
    5,381
    I'm feeling
    ContentContent
    Mentioned
    20 Post(s)

    Galaxy crash sparks large spiral

    Astronomers have spotted the largest known spiral galaxy - by accident.



    A team was looking through data from the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (Galex) satellite for star-forming regions around a galaxy called NGC 6872.

    But they were shocked to see a vast swathe of ultraviolet light from young stars, indicating that the galaxy is actually big enough to accommodate five of our Milky Way galaxies within it.

    The find was reported at the American Astronomical Society meeting in the US.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20981994
    http://youtu.be/zSgiXGELjbc

    "A still more glorious dawn awaits
    Not a sunrise, but a galaxy rise
    A morning filled with 400 billion suns
    The rising of the milky way"

    "The sky calls to us
    If we do not destroy ourselves
    We will one day venture to the stars" -Carl Sagan

  2. #2
    Ironman's Avatar
    Forum Addiction:

    Join Date
    Aug 2012
    Gender
    Male
    Location
    USA
    Posts
    2,878
    Mentioned
    65 Post(s)
    I hate when that happens!

Made with <3
Anxiety Space is not a replacement for a fully qualified doctor.