{"id":137,"date":"2011-07-21T11:25:46","date_gmt":"2011-07-21T09:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/obas-matlas.u-strasbg.fr\/WP\/?p=137"},"modified":"2019-01-31T17:14:59","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T16:14:59","slug":"elliptical-galaxies-much-younger-than-previously-thought-cfht-press-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matlas.astro.unistra.fr\/WP\/?p=137","title":{"rendered":"Elliptical galaxies much younger than previously thought? (CFHT press release)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/obas-matlas.u-strasbg.fr\/WP\/?attachment_id=139\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1009\" height=\"638\" src=\"http:\/\/obas-matlas.u-strasbg.fr\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/3082_5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matlas.astro.unistra.fr\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/3082_5.jpg 1009w, https:\/\/matlas.astro.unistra.fr\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/3082_5-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/matlas.astro.unistra.fr\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/3082_5-768x486.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>A sample of elliptical galaxies from the MATLAS  survey, all showing clear signs of a recent collision @  Duc\/CEA\/CFHT\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The standard model for elliptical galaxies formation is challenged by a new result uncovered by an international team of astronomers from the Atlas3D collaboration. Team members from CNRS, CEA, CFHT, and the Observatoire de Lyon published in the scientific journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society the first results from their study on two elliptical galaxies exhibiting features characteristic of a fairly recent merging, suggesting they are five times younger than commonly thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See:<br> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cfht.hawaii.edu\/en\/news\/EllGal\/\">CFHT press release<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/irfu.cea.fr\/dap\/Phocea\/Vie_des_labos\/Ast\/ast.php?t=actu&amp;id_ast=3082\">communiqu\u00e9 de presse CEA <\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.cnrs.fr\/en\/1886.htm\">CNRS press release<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The standard model for elliptical galaxies formation is challenged by a new result uncovered by an international team of astronomers from the Atlas3D collaboration. Team members from CNRS, CEA, CFHT, and the Observatoire de Lyon published in the scientific journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society the first results from their study on two &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/matlas.astro.unistra.fr\/WP\/?p=137\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Elliptical galaxies much younger than previously thought? (CFHT press release)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matlas.astro.unistra.fr\/WP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matlas.astro.unistra.fr\/WP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matlas.astro.unistra.fr\/WP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matlas.astro.unistra.fr\/WP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matlas.astro.unistra.fr\/WP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=137"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/matlas.astro.unistra.fr\/WP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":354,"href":"https:\/\/matlas.astro.unistra.fr\/WP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137\/revisions\/354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matlas.astro.unistra.fr\/WP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matlas.astro.unistra.fr\/WP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matlas.astro.unistra.fr\/WP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}