Archives: July2009

• PHOTO: New View of Four-Galaxy Pileup

  A band of x-ray light cutting through the heart of a galaxy group is likely coming from a shockwave created as one galaxy plows past three others, a new picture reveals.

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: China Riots Put Spotlight on Uygurs

  Although the ethnic minority known as the Uygurs have autonomy in their homeland in western China, clashes with the country’s Han majority are frequent. Find out more about the culture embroiled in the recent riots with exclusive pictures of life among the Uygurs.

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: China Riots Put Spotlight on Uygurs

  Although the ethnic minority known as the Uygurs have autonomy in their homeland in western China, clashes with the country’s Han majority are frequent. Find out more about the culture embroiled in the recent riots with exclusive pictures of life among the Uygurs.