Sentences with phrase «by bursts of star formation»
Messier 108 also contains H1 supershells, shells of expanding gas driven either by bursts of star formation and the resulting supernova explosions, or by infall of gas from outside the galaxy, or possibly by radio jets.
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Scientists believe that gas and dust may have been stripped by nearby galaxies or from an early burst of star formation that used up all the gas.
«Is this bright infrared light caused by the black - hole - powered core of the galaxy or by a huge burst of star formation?
Looking more than 12 billion years into the past, the scientists found that the young galaxy experiencing a burst of star formation was surrounded by enough cold molecular gas to make 100 billion suns.
This interacting galaxy is being torn apart by a larger neighbour, but in the process, is showing bursts of star formation and dust lanes, and is an impressive object to image.