Monday, June 11, 2012

Rectangular galaxy discovered 70 million light years away


Astronomers have found a rectangular galaxy in a wide field-of-view image taken with the Japanese Subaru Telescope for Swinburne astrophysicist Dr. Lee Spitler.

The unusual cosmic phenomenon was discovered 70 million light years away within a group of 250 galaxies.

“In the Universe around us, most galaxies exist in one of three forms - spheroidal, disc-like, or lumpy and irregular in appearance,” said Associate Professor Alister Graham from Swinburne University of Technology in Australia.

“It's one of those things that just makes you smile because it shouldn't exist, or rather you don't expect it to exist,” he added .... http://www.presstv.ir