elliptical galaxy

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Published by a team of American scientists in The Astrophysical Journal, the study analyzes "one of the most massive black hole systems known," a binary located within the elliptical galaxy B2 0402+379.

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2024

National Science Foundation, to analyze a supermassive black hole binary located within the elliptical galaxy B2 0402+379.

From Science Daily • Feb. 29, 2024

The mass of the black hole is also correlated to the stellar mass of a spiral galaxy's central bulge, or the overall mass of an elliptical galaxy.

From Scientific American • Nov. 8, 2023

Which is redder—a spiral galaxy or an elliptical galaxy?

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016

The picture on the left shows the active elliptical galaxy NGC 4261, which is located in the Virgo Cluster at a distance of about 100 million light-years.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016