spheroidal

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These spheroidal galaxies contain very old stars, yet how they formed has remained a mystery -- until now.

From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2024

Draco and Sculptor: These are dwarf spheroidal galaxies close to the Milky Way.

From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2022

If you walk through the company’s Echo line, you’ll notice it’s dominated by statuesque cylinders, circular pucks, and spheroidal blobs.

From Slate • Jun. 7, 2018

Ceverino, D., Dekel, A., Tweed, D. & Primack, J. Early formation of massive, compact, spheroidal galaxies with classical profiles by violent disc instability or mergers.

From Nature • Mar. 11, 2018

But the earth is spheroidal, and a diurnal revolution would still leave that portion which lies under the equator too much, and the other too little, exposed to the action of the sun.

From The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes by Butler, Thomas Belden