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... News . ... Science/Nature . ... RELATED BBC SITES . ... Vast halo extends galaxy's size . ... Science reporter, BBC News, Seattle . ... Astronomers have found an enormous halo of stars around the Andromeda galaxy. ... Extending out from the disc is a spherical halo of sparsely distributed stars. ... The halos of distant galaxies are nearly impossible to resolve, because astronomers cannot see individual stars. ... As we looked farther and farther out, we kept finding stars that look like halo stars....

... Gravitational wave search provides insights into galaxy evolution and mergers . ... galaxies . ... Globular cluster NGC 2808, elliptical galaxy NGC 2986, and the Sextans Dwarf . ... Besides computer simulations, what evidence do astronomers have to support the popular hypothesis that elliptical galaxies form from merging spirals? ... When a small galaxy merges with a much more massive one, astronomers call the process a minor merger and the more massive galaxy is little affected. ...

Discover the cosmos! ... 2002 March 6 . Simulated Galaxy Cluster View . Simulation Credit: Rychard Bouwens ( UCO/Lick Obs. ACS Team , NASA . Explanation: Stunningly detailed, this picture is a computer simulated view of a cluster of galaxies in the distant cosmos . ... Other galaxies which lie far behind the cluster are seen as numerous visible concentric arcs - lensed by the enormous gravitational field dominated by dark matter within the cluster itself. ... About APOD | ...

... International Year of Astronomy in Ireland . ... Christmas Moon", painting by Miruna Popescu, Armagh Observatory, featured as " Lunar photo of the Day " and " Astronomy Sketch of the Day " on 25 December 2009. ... To mark the 400th anniversary of GalileoтАЩs first use of the telescope to observe the sky, 2009 has been celebrated worldwide as the International Year of Astronomy. Moon over Armagh - link to Astronomy Sketch of the Day on 25 December 2009 . ... Monday, 11 May 2009 23:54 . ...

... ATNF Home . ... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory . ... Parkes radio telescope . ... Mopra radio telescope . ... Visiting Parkes radio telescope . ... Parkes radio telescope webcam . ... Although galaxy mergers are thought to play an important role in forming elliptical galaxies, mergers in galaxy clusters have drawn less attention compared to mergers in field environments due to high peculiar velocities of cluster galaxies. ...