Andreas Johansson wrote:
> Also, why wipe the arms of a spiral galaxy, then the universe teems with
> elliptical galaxies that're basically spiral ones without arms? As a
> bonus, elliptical galaxies are found in a much wider variety of sizes
> that spiral ones (from much much smaller than the smallest spiral ones
> to several times bigger than the biggest spiral ones).
Is there a continuum from big globular clusters to small elliptical
galaxies? Or are these essentially different things?
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