elliptical galaxy
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M87 is the giant elliptical galaxy that dominates the cluster.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 1, 2026
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
Although individual stars orbit the center of an elliptical galaxy, the orbits are not all in the same direction, as occurs in spirals.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
