* Astronomy

Astronomers have found the astronomical equivalent of prehistoric life in our intergalactic backyard: a group of small, ancient galaxies that has waited 10 billion years to come together. These "late bloomers" are on their way to building a large elliptical galaxy. Such encounters b...

Seen here are the galaxies of HCG (Hickson Compact Group) 87, about four hundred million light-years distant in the constellation Capricornus. The large edge-on spiral near the centre, the fuzzy elliptical galaxy immediately to its right, and the spiral near the top of the imag...

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has imaged part of the Hickson Compact Group 7, or HCG 7 for short. This grouping is composed of one lenticular (lens-shaped) and three spiral galaxies in close proximity. In this image, one of the spirals dominates the foreground, with many more distant galaxie...

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HGC Hickson Compact Group 31 (Preview)	Cosmology News	1	601	Feb 24 21:46 2010 by Blobrana
Astronomers have found the astronomical equivalent of prehistoric life in our intergalactic backyard: a group of small, ancient galaxies that has waited 10 billion years to come together. These "late bloomers" are on their way to building a large elliptical galaxy. Such encounters b...
HGC Galaxy Group HCG 87 (Preview)	Art gallery	0	1111	Jul 16 14:55 2005 by Blobrana
Seen here are the galaxies of HCG (Hickson Compact Group) 87, about four hundred million light-years distant in the constellation Capricornus. The large edge-on spiral near the centre, the fuzzy elliptical galaxy immediately to its right, and the spiral near the top of the imag...
HGC Hickson Compact Group 7 (Preview)	Galaxies	0	605	Aug 8 09:55 2011 by Blobrana
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has imaged part of the Hickson Compact Group 7, or HCG 7 for short. This grouping is composed of one lenticular (lens-shaped) and three spiral galaxies in close proximity. In this image, one of the spirals dominates the foreground, with many more distant galaxie...