Dark Energy Model Explains 'Hubble Sequence' of Galaxies

Caption: A figure illustrating the Hubble sequence. Image: Ville Koistinen

One look at a Hubble Deep Field image reveals that galaxies come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. But why? Astronomers have been at a loss to explain the diversity of galaxy shapes seen in the Universe. But now, two astronomers have tracked the evolution of galaxies over thirteen billion years from the early Universe to the present day, helping to clarify the "Hubble Sequence," a classification of galaxies developed by Edwin Hubble. Keys to their model include galaxy mergers and dark energy.
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