“Gravitational ‘slingshot’ may have flung galaxies far, far away”

Fascinating new thoughts about “compact ellipticals,” relatively small galaxies that aren’t as rare as they were once thought to be:

http://mashable.com/2015/05/04/runaway-galaxies-far-away/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link

Some of them are quite isolated, which might actually be a good thing if you were living in one.

Thanks to David Wills for bringing this article to my notice.