How to Shape a Spiral Galaxy

Tuesday, December 10, 2019 - 12:20 in Astronomy & Space

Portal origin URL: How to Shape a Spiral Galaxy Portal origin nid: 456421Published: Tuesday, December 10, 2019 - 09:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: New observations from SOFIA are shedding light on how spiral-shaped galaxies, like our own Milky Way, get their iconic shape.Portal image: Magnetic fields in NGC 1086, or M77, are shown as streamlines over an image of the galaxy from the Hubble Space Telescope.Science Categories: Universe

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