Galaxy mergers could limit star formation
Durham UK (SPX) Jan 12, 2021
Our astronomers have looked nine billion years into the past to find evidence that galaxy mergers in the early universe could shut down star formation and affect galaxy growth. Using a powerful Earth-based telescope they saw that a huge amount of star-forming gas was ejected into the universe by the coming together of two galaxies. The merger created a new galaxy called ID2299 at a t
