Sentences with phrase «bright galaxy mergers»
Simulations of galaxy formation suggest that such bright galaxy mergers could form, but not in the numbers seen during that active epoch.
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The new mega-galaxy, dubbed HXMM01, is the brightest, most luminous and most gas - rich submillimeter - bright galaxy merger known.
Not exact matches
«We saw a bright blue source of light in a nearby galaxy — the first time the glowing debris from a neutron star merger had ever been observed,» recalled Josh Simon, another of the Carnegie team's leaders on this discovery.
Dr. Jean Brodie, from the University of California at Santa Cruz, will trace the formation and evolution of galaxies over cosmic time, making use of some «astronomical fossils» called globular star clusters, that are bright beacons tracing all the mergers and acquisitions that have assembled into present day galaxies.