Tag: Super spirals

The top row of this mosaic features Hubble images of three spiral galaxies, each of which weighs several times as much as the Milky Way. The bottom row shows three even more massive spiral galaxies that qualify as “super spirals,” which were observed by the ground-based Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Super spirals typically have 10 to 20 times the mass of the Milky Way. The galaxy at lower right, 2MFGC 08638, is the most massive super spiral known to date, with a dark matter halo weighing at least 40 trillion Suns. (Image: Top row: NASA, ESA, P. Ogle and J. DePasquale (STScI). Bottom row: SDSS, P. Ogle and J. DePasquale (STScI)

‘Super Spirals’: Most Massive Spiral Galaxies Spin At Speeds Up To 350 Miles Per Second

MessageToEagle.com | October 22, 2019

Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – When it comes to galaxies, how fast is fast? The Milky Way, an average spiral galaxy, spins at a speed of 130

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