1. Fundamentals of stellar evolution theory: understanding the HRD C. Chiosi 2. Observations of the most luminous stars in local group galaxies P. Massey 3. Quantitative spectroscopy of the brightest ...

The galaxy evolution group at RIT investigates numerous questions related to our cosmic origins ... It has long been known that there is a tight correlation between galaxy morphology and local ...

Some of the galaxies are located at the edge of the so-called "local group," a galactic collection ... help astronomers better understand cosmic evolution and how galaxies form stars as well ...

Some of the galaxies are located at the edge of the so-called "local group," a galactic collection that includes our home, the Milky Way, while others are more distant. The observations could help ...

The galaxies of the Local Group provide the best laboratory in which to investigate these galaxy formation processes because they can be studied with sufficiently high resolution to exhume fossils of ...

A flattened yellow orb surrounded by yellow and green orbs against a black background At the edge of the Milky Way's local group is the irregular dwarf galaxy Sextans A, shown below, located ...