Tag: Dead Galaxies

$In the early universe, all previously discovered distant protoclusters like—for example—“The Spiderweb” (left: artist’s impression) are full of vigorously star-forming galaxies. In contrast, the newly-discovered protocluster “MAGAZ3NE J095924+022537” contains a high fraction of red and dead galaxies like the nearby “Coma” cluster (right). The discovery of an ancient cluster containing galaxies which resemble those found in modern clusters was a huge surprise. Credit: Spiderweb: M. Kornmesser/ESO; Coma: Russ Carroll, Robert Gendler, & Bob Franke/Dan Zowada Memorial Observatory.$

Astronomy

Surprisingly High Fraction Of Dead Galaxies Found In Ancient Galactic ‘City’

MessageToEagle.com | February 10, 2022

Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – An international team of astronomers led by researchers at the University of California, Riverside, has discovered an unusual massive cluster of young