Simulations of galaxy formation suggest that
such bright galaxy mergers could form, but not in the numbers seen during that active epoch.
Marijn Franx, a member of the team from the University of Leiden highlights: «The discovery of GN - z11 was a great surprise to us, as our earlier work had suggested that
such bright galaxies should not exist so early in the Universe.»
Not exact matches
I love the color contrast in this image, the fact that we're seeing entirely different populations of objects, and also the simple idea that this is
such a strange view of the Andromeda
galaxy, a huge spiral so
bright and close it's easily visible to the unaided eye from a dark site.
Only abnormally
bright galaxies, however, can typically be spotted across
such distances.
However, the discovery also raises many new questions as the existence of
such a
bright and large
galaxy is not predicted by theory.
Such a smash - up with a red giant would unleash much more energy than the decimation of a comet, so would have to occur in a distant
galaxy to avoid appearing
brighter than what was observed.
Such clusters have very dense cores, each containing a massive
galaxy called the «
brightest cluster
galaxy» (BCG).
The ideal background «lights» for
such a study are quasars, which are very distant
bright cores of active
galaxies powered by black holes.
Such supernovae belong to the most energetic and
brightest phenomena in the universe and can outshine a whole
galaxy for weeks.
Specifically, Type II
galaxies are tilted
such that they are obscured by their own rings of dust, making Type I
galaxies appear
brighter by comparison.
Such a shortfall is particularly prominent in luminous infrared
galaxies (LIRGs), which have high star formation (and thus CCSN) rates and host
bright and crowded nuclear regions, where large extinctions and reduced search detection efficiency likely lead to a significant fraction of CCSNe remaining undiscovered.
What the team directly observed was the last wave of Population III stars, suggesting that
such stars should be easier to find than previously thought: they reside amongst regular stars, in
brighter galaxies, not just in the earliest, smallest, and dimmest
galaxies, which are so faint as to be extremely difficult to study.
Past attempts to find missing satellites around external
galaxies at well - known distances have been unsuccessful because of the need for a very sensitive instrument capable of producing high - fidelity images, even in the vicinity of a
bright source
such as the Andromeda Galaxy.
About a dozen of
such bright X-ray sources have been detected in the
galaxy.