An unusual elliptical galaxy with a history of absorbing smaller galaxies appears to be approaching its next target. An unusual elliptical galaxy with a history of absorbing smaller galaxies ...

But, while most FRBs originate well within their galaxies, the team traced FRB 20240209A to the outskirts of its home—130,000 lightyears from the galaxy's center where few other stars exist.

Each planet, including the six involved in this alignment (Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune), follows an elliptical path around the Sun. This elliptical shape is a result of the ...

Included in the image are (from top to bottom) Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus ... It is also called the “Cigar Galaxy” because of the elliptical shape produced by the oblique tilt of its starry ...

Images from the Very Large Telescope suggest that a galaxy called NGC 3640 has a history of absorbing smaller galaxies.