Galaxy Goes Green in
Burning Stellar Fuel
The new galaxy, SDSSJ1506+54, was found today using infrared
data from WISE. The amazing thing about this galaxy this that is it is very efficient
at converting gases into stars. In fact it works at a near 100 percent
efficiency. This is due to the fact that all of the galaxies fuel it put into
the center. This would be groundbreaking
as the efficiency reported is close the
maximum amount predicted for galaxies.
It
is thought that they are observing a new stage of galactic evolution. It is
called red starburst stage: it might have resulted when this galaxy collided
with another one. After this stage has ended the galaxy would enter a stable
elliptical galaxy stage where it would mature. It would also mature very
quickly in tens of millions of years.
The galaxy is indicated by the pointer.
NOS themes:
- Science is collaborative several researcher from several universities had to collaborate
- Science is evidence based. They had to gather evidence from the WISE survey.
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