Much like humans, galaxies are shaped by the environment in which they form. While no two are exactly alike, they can be divided into three main types: spiral, elliptical and irregular. Of these types ...
In this video excerpt from NOVA's "Hunting the Elements," New York Times technology columnist David Pogue examines how atomic structure determines reactivity. Meet Theo Gray, chemist and author, who ...
MR. G. W. WALKER tells me that he has sent to NATURE his interesting problem of the mutual attraction between two uniform concentric hemispherical shells, bounded by a common diametral plane. The ...
The Chinese puzzle ball is an ornate decorative artwork consisting of several concentric shells that move independently of each other. In the recent decade, Chinese scientists provided a universal ...
The glowing object in this Hubble Space Telescope image is an elliptical galaxy called NGC 3923. It is located over 90 million light-years away in the constellation of Hydra. NGC 3923 is an example of ...
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured in intricate detail the beautiful petal-like shells of galaxy PGC 6240, set against a sky full of distant background galaxies. This cosmic bloom is of ...