Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 11:24
Astronomers have discovered a river of hydrogen flowing through space and into a nearby galaxy.
Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 14:53
Astronomers from the University of Portsmouth have discovered that bar-shaped features in spiral galaxies accelerate the galaxy ageing process.
Last Updated: Friday, August 16, 2013, 10:23
Astronomers have claimed that mature looking galaxies existed much earlier than previously known, when the universe was just about 2.5 billion years old.
Last Updated: Friday, July 5, 2013, 12:41
An international group of astronomers has spotted a distant galaxy hungrily snacking on nearby gas.
Last Updated: Friday, June 28, 2013, 12:05
A new study has revealed that spiral galaxies like our own Milky Way appear to be much larger and more massive than previously believed.
Last Updated: Wednesday, April 3, 2013, 10:24
How spiral galaxies like our Milky Way get and maintain their characteristic arms has proved to be an enduring puzzle in astrophysics .
Last Updated: Friday, February 5, 2010, 14:35
The Hubble Space Telescope has shown that the beautiful spirals galaxies of the modern Universe were the ugly ducklings of six billion years ago.
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