Galactic structure bar serves cosmic scorpion

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Access through your institution Buy or subscribe This striking image, obtained using the Hubble Space Telescope, was published last month (L. Colina _et al._ _Astrophys. J._ 484, L41-L45;


1997). Resembling a giant scorpion, with the galactic nucleus as its sting, the tapering spiral structure consists of clumpy regions of bright emission – clear indicators of hot, newly


formed stars. NGC4303 is a barred spiral galaxy. The term derives from a linear grouping of stars, the ‘bar’, from which the curved arms are observed to emanate. Theoretical simulations


suggest that the bars in spiral galaxies may serve a particular function, in gravitationally directing the flow of gas from the outer to the inner nuclear regions. This is a preview of


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