The orbit of asteroid 1998 QE2. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech May 19, 2013
periodic table May 18, 2013
Illustration of an air shower. We recognize the so-called 
uores-
cence light (UV or bluish), and the generation of light particles named pions
(), which rapidly decay into even lighter leptons (e; ; ) and photons (
) May 17, 2013
NASA's lunar monitoring program has detected hundreds of meteoroid impacts. The brightest, detected on March 17, 2013, in Mare Imbrium, is marked by the red square. May 17, 2013
Space neutrinos found in Antarctica (Image: Sven Lidstrom/NSF) May 15, 2013
Leibniz May 15, 2013

Hubble Tells a Tale of Galactic Collisions

May 13, 2013

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Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA. Acknowledgement: Luca Limatola

When we look into the distant cosmos, the great majority of the objects we see are galaxies: immense gatherings of stars, planets, gas, dust, and dark matter, showing up in all kind of shapes. This Hubble picture registers several, but the galaxy catalogued as 2MASX J05210136-2521450 stands out at a glance due to its interesting […]

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