Sentences with phrase «vigorous star»

This galaxy is known to be a site of vigorous star formation.

Although these outflows are most likely to be driven by massive central black holes, it is also possible that the winds are powered by supernovae in a starburst nucleus undergoing vigorous star formation.

Hubble also exposed a knot of vigorous star birth at the galaxy's core, which astronomers would not expect to see if the galaxy was old.

The finding, published in the February 11 issue of Nature, confirms the commonly held supposition that the vigorous star formation in the young universe largely stems from an early bounty of raw materials, rather than a more efficient process of star production.

In May 2016, using an Earth - orbiting telescope called Chandra, the researchers saw a single X-ray source whose brightness waxed and waned and was located within a vigorous star - forming region of Tol 1247 - 232.