by Tomer Yavetz | Mar 27, 2018 | Daily Paper Summaries
Some of the most interesting structures on galactic scales are formed via tidal interactions. Today’s paper arrives at some unexpected conclusions about which types of galaxies are most likely to host such tidal features.
by Joanna Bridge | Nov 7, 2016 | Daily Paper Summaries
Merging or interacting galaxies can form streams of gas and new star formation called tidal tails. Today’s paper explores the possibility that older stars from the original galaxies may also be pulled along into these streams.
by Korey Haynes | Jul 18, 2014 | Daily Paper Summaries
What’s causing the “beads on a string” pattern of star formation around this interacting galaxy pair?
by Lucia Morganti | May 17, 2013 | Daily Paper Summaries
Star formation is enhanced when two galaxies interact or merge. But what is the orbital extent of enhanced star formation in interacting galaxies? At which projected separation of the two galaxies does it disappear?
by Elisabeth Newton | Jan 24, 2011 | Daily Paper Summaries
The interacting galaxies in the M 81 triplet are interconnected by tidal features. In this work, the authors study dust in the NGC 3077 tidal stream and discuss its implications.