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The Coma galaxy cluster
Galaxy clusters are groups of hundreds of galaxies that are bound together by the force of gravity in a region of space. At the center of a cluster there is usually a huge elliptical galaxy, so massive that its gravitational pull helps keep the rest of the galaxies in the cluster orbiting around it. The…
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The Milky Way and its Halo
The Milky Way is the galaxy in which we live. It is a spiral galaxy, and three main structures can be distinguished in it: the central bulge, the disk with spiral arms, and the halo, a sphere that completely surrounds the disk and the bulge. The disk has an approximate diameter of about 100,000 light-years…
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The Milky Way
The Milky Way is the galaxy we live in. It is of the spiral type and three main structures can be distinguished: the central bulb, the disk with spiral arms and the halo, a sphere that completely surrounds the disk and the bulb. The disk has an approximate diameter of about 100,000 light-years and is…
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Laniakea and the Cosmic Web
The cosmic web is a huge and complex network of filaments of dark matter, gas and galaxies, with clusters and superclusters of galaxies inside the points where several of these filaments meet. The filament structure also leaves large empty spaces, which are called ‘voids’. In this 3D model we see a part of the cosmic…
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NGC 2997
NGC 2997 is a spiral galaxy, with a slightly warped disc, like the disc of the Milky Way. The presence of globular superclusters of stars in the centre is a feature that distinguishes this galaxy from our own. It is 30 million light-years away from us and is seen in the southern constellation of Antlia…
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A Touch of the Universe wins a grant from the EU Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan
Our project to print 3D tactile astronomical resources for blind and visually impaired people has received a «Proof of Concept» project grant within the framework of the national program to promote scientific-technical research and its transfer, from the National Scientific, Technical and Innovation Research Plan 2021-2023, in its 2022 call, within the framework of the…
