The king of Sardis accepted them as suppliants, and then refused to surrender them to the Medes. This led to a 5 year war between the Lydians and Medes, which was finally settled by a treaty in which Alyattes daughter Aryenis was given in marriage to Astyages, son of Cyaxares.
Quasar cluster is challenge to our current understanding, astronomer says. Enlarge. A quasar jets energy in an illustration. A newfound quasar cluster is the universe's biggest known object. Illustration courtesy M. Kornmesser, ESO. Talk about a whopperâastronomers have discovered a structure in the universe so large that modern cosmological theory says it should not exist, a new study says. (Also see Giant 'Blob' Is Largest Thing in Universe [2006].)
The sun is by far the largest object in our solar system, containing 99.8 percent of the solar system's mass. It sheds most of the heat and light that makes life possible on Earth and possibly elsewhere. Planets orbit the sun in oval-shaped paths called ellipses, with the sun slightly off-center of each ellipse.