s*****t 发帖数: 1994 | 1 Warped Spiral Galaxy ESO 510-13
Credit: Hubble Heritage Team (STScI / AURA), C. Conselice (U. Wisconsin / STScI) et al.,
NASA
Explanation: How did spiral galaxy ESO 510-13 get bent out of shape? The disks of many
spirals are thin and flat, but not solid. Spiral disks are loose conglomerations of billions of
stars and diffuse gas all gravitationally orbiting a galaxy center. A flat disk is thought to be
created by sticky collisions of large gas clouds early in the gal |
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