<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/82868f8a-63da-45a3-875d-345219e73699/1137180B-FBFC-4DC2-AD04-DD7C8344867A/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://astronomynow.com/news/n0907/30dwarf/" href="http://astronomynow.com/news/n0907/30dwarf/" style="font-size: 11px;">astronomynow.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://astronomynow.com/news/n0907/30dwarf/"><B>Cosmic dance strips stars from dwarf galaxies</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://astronomynow.com/news/n0907/30dwarf/"><P> New computer simulations may provide an explanation for the origin of very small, faint galaxies, the so-called dwarf spheroidal galaxies. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://astronomynow.com/news/n0907/30dwarf/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/astronomynow.com/img/E70DA7B0-CCD1-4091-A7CF-F9B62F9F9ED8" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://astronomynow.com/news/n0907/30dwarf/"><FONT size="-2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">In this simulation the top row shows the interaction between a dwarf galaxy orbiting a galaxy with 100 times its mass from time = zero (top left) to time = 2 billion years (top middle) and finally after 7 billion years (top right). The bottom row of graphics show the orbit of the same small galaxy (white) around the Milky Way (yellow) today, which has 10,000 times its mass. Image: Elena D'Onghia (CfA).</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://astronomynow.com/news/n0907/30dwarf/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/astronomynow.com/img/CE2A2402-B422-483E-AAAC-99E9FAB5591F" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://astronomynow.com/news/n0907/30dwarf/"><P> The results of the simulations can be tested with observations. For example, a bridge of stars was recently detected between two nearby dwarf spheroidal galaxies Leo IV and Leo V, which could have resulted from resonant stripping. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/1137180B-FBFC-4DC2-AD04-DD7C8344867A/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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