Galaxy Zoo Talk

Twin Galaxies

  • EntelechyEngine by EntelechyEngine

    These galaxies look like reflections of each other. Is this just coincidence, or could it be come kind or reflection/mirroring?

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    It may not be a coincidence. The shape of galaxies is often determined by its neighbourhood, and studies are starting to be done on them. Galaxy Zoo is contributing to these studies.

    Also the Cosmic Web can affect the arrangement of galaxies

    You tube The Cosmic Web, or: What does the universe look like at a VERY large scale? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74IsySs3RGU "The Millennium Simulation featured in this clip was run in 2005 by the Virgo Consortium, an international group of astrophysicists from Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan and the United States.... galaxies and the dark matter around them formed web-like structures that resemble the shapes observed by the most recent data available in cosmic surveys, such as the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Also very importantly: the simulation provided support for our current "standard model" of cosmology, the so called: Lambda Cold Dark Matter Model."

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