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In fact, current theories of star formation suggest that the galaxy was not massive enough to make new stars in the first place. (newscientist.com)
«The more distant the galaxy, the further back one is looking, so by measuring their distances we can piece together a timeline of how vigorously the Universe was making new stars at different stages of its 13.7 billion year life,» said Joaquin Vieira (California Institute of Technology, USA), lead author of the paper in the journal Nature. (almaobservatory.org)
One of the distinct differences between the two main types being that while the disk - shaped galaxies still make new stars by transforming gas, the elliptical - shaped stopped doing this long ago — which is why the latter are deemed «dead». (sciencedaily.com)