Isolating the stellar discs of Andromeda
Tuesday, February 15, 2011 - 11:30
in Astronomy & Space
A team of astronomers from the UK, the US and Europe have identified a thick stellar disc in the nearby Andromeda galaxy for the first time. The discovery and properties of the thick disc will constrain the dominant physical processes involved in the formation and evolution of large spiral galaxies like our own Milky Way...