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See how elliptical galaxies in the distant universe were born, as new research gives astronomers a closer look at galactic ...

You have the spirals like the Milky Way and Andromeda, the irregular galaxies, and the elliptical galaxies. This latter group tends to have the most massive and usually most aged population of stars.

"Our findings take us closer to solving a long-standing mystery in astronomy that will redefine our understanding of how galaxies were created in the early universe." Astronomers have discovered ...

Why it's so special: NGC 4694 is a galaxy that cannot be easily classified into one of the two basic galaxy types: spiral and elliptical. Astronomers needed to examine its properties in detail to ...

M31, the spiral galaxy in Andromeda, with its two companion elliptical galaxies, the very small M32 ... [+] below, and larger M110 above. (Photo by: Alan Dyer/VW Pics/Universal Images Group via ...

A study by astronomers at the University of Southampton is hoping to solve what they are calling an “intergalactic mystery” of how elliptical galaxies were created up to 12 billion years ago.

Quasar jets that can be detected using very long baseline interferometry can be millions of light years long and are almost always found in elliptical galaxies. Using very long baseline ...

Some researchers have also noted that elliptical galaxies can serve as a lens, serving to brighten the light behind them. In this new effort, the research team has found, for the first time ...