1.0Gizmodo Australiahttps://gizmodo.com.auhayleywilliamshttps://gizmodo.com.au/author/hayleywilliams/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="85xcK9MN7T"><a href="https://gizmodo.com.au/2015/12/why-are-some-galaxies-clumpy/">Why Are Some Galaxies Clumpy?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://gizmodo.com.au/2015/12/why-are-some-galaxies-clumpy/embed/#?secret=85xcK9MN7T" width="600" height="338" title="“Why Are Some Galaxies Clumpy?” — Gizmodo Australia" data-secret="85xcK9MN7T" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> Our Milky Way galaxy is a lovely, elegant spiral shape. Some galaxies aren’t quite as lucky. Some galaxies are ‘clumpy’. Early theories suggested that these clumpy galaxies may be down to high levels of gas, but new research is making it apparent that low spin is responsible for the lack of a distinct spiral shape. […]