Wednesday 22 May 2013

Rare merger reveals secrets of galaxy evolution



A rare encounter between two gas-rich galaxies spotted by ESA’s Herschel space observatory indicates a solution to an outstanding problem: how did massive, passive galaxies form in the early Universe?




via ESA Space Science

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Herschel/Rare_merger_reveals_secrets_of_galaxy_evolution

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