And while the miracle material has paved the way for many innovations, we can't stop mindlessly churning it out at prodigious rates for stupid uses — and in doing so we're changing the surface of the planet in ways that will be hard to reverse. (treehugger.com)
Our next step is to study these objects in greater detail and figure out exactly how and why they are forming stars at such prodigious rates.» (alma-telescope.jp)
Possible culprits include the lingering remains of supernovae, the explosions that occur when massive stars run out of fuel and die; and active galactic nuclei, superheated galaxies with supermassive black holes at their centers that spew out energy at prodigious rates. (sciencemag.org)