Galaxies – Page 15 – National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Image Release: Powerful Telescopes Combine to Push Frontier on Galaxy Clusters

Posted on March 10, 2016March 28, 2017

Astronomers have used some of the world’s most powerful telescopes to learn new details about collisions between massive clusters of galaxies.

Graphic showing the trajectory of the Smith Cloud

Fingerprint of Milky Way Found Far from Home in Galactic Neighbor

Posted on January 28, 2016March 22, 2017

High velocity ‘Smith Cloud’ contains chemical fingerprint of the Milky Way.

Image Release: Space-Earth System Produces Highest-Resolution Astronomical Image

Posted on January 26, 2016March 28, 2017

Using an orbiting radio-astronomy satellite combined with 15 ground-based radio telescopes, astronomers have made the highest-resolution, or most-detailed, astronomical image yet.

Extreme Turbulence Roiling ‘Most Luminous Galaxy’ in the Universe

Posted on January 15, 2016March 22, 2017

Distant obscured quasar so chaotic that host galaxy is ripping itself apart.

Composite image of an edge-on spiral galaxy, NGC 5775

VLA Reveals Spectacular “Halos” of Spiral Galaxies

Posted on October 13, 2015March 22, 2017

A study of spiral galaxies seen edge-on has revealed that “halos” of cosmic rays and magnetic fields above and below the galaxies’ disks are much more common than previously thought.

Pairs of Supermassive Black Holes in Galaxies May Be Rarer Than Previously Thought

Posted on September 21, 2015March 23, 2017

There may be fewer pairs of supermassive black holes orbiting each other at the cores of giant galaxies than previously thought.

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