Collisions helped form disk galaxies
Monday, November 24, 2008 - 17:36
in Astronomy & Space
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Violent intergalactic collision created the bright pinwheels and broad star sweeps typical in disk galaxies such as the Milky Way, U.S. researchers found.
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