On a similar thread Nobel Prize awarded to physicist for work on using supernova as yardsticks.
http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/10/04/saul-perlmutter-awarded-2011-nobel... Here is the article on the visitor center.
http://www.ksl.com/?sid=17546079&nid=1012
Ripples in the Galatic Pond by Francoise Combes out of the Paris Observatory.
http://aramis.obspm.fr/~combes/sciam-19aug.pdf
I haven't read the article in depth but it discusses how a galaxy can metamorphose from a barred spiral to a spiral etc. Looks interesting.
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