These great hollow globes of artificial super-metals, and artificial transparent adamant, ranged in size from the earliest and smallest structures, which were no bigger than a very small asteroid, to spheres considerably larger than the Earth. (Olaf Stapledon, STAR MAKER)
Friday, December 28, 2018
Barred Spiral
Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day brings us NGC 1365, a barred spiral galaxy (a galaxy that shows a prominent bar across the arms and bulge) in the constellation of Fornax. What role does the bar play in the evolution and life of a galaxy?
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