NASA's Spitzer Finds Galaxy With Split Personality
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 14:20
in Astronomy & Space
While some galaxies are rotund and others are slender disks like our spiral Milky Way, new observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope show that the Sombrero galaxy is both.
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