Lenticular galaxy

Have you ever looked at a picture and seen it change or move when you looked at it from a different angle? That's a bit like what a lenticular galaxy looks like.

A galaxy is a huge group of stars, dust, and gas that are all held together by the force of gravity. Some galaxies are shaped like spirals and some are shaped like blobs, but lenticular galaxies are in between. They are like a flattened disk with a bulge in the middle, sort of like a pancake with a bump in the center.

What makes lenticular galaxies really interesting is that they don't have as much gas and dust as some other types of galaxies. This means that they don't make as many new stars, and instead have mostly older stars.

Lenticular galaxies are also a bit different from other galaxies because they often have more "dead" stars in them. These are stars that have burned out and aren't giving off any light anymore.

Even though they might not be as exciting as galaxies with lots of new star formation, lenticular galaxies are still really important for scientists to study. They can tell us a lot about how galaxies form and evolve over time.