While observing a newly-dormant galaxy, scientists discovered that it had stopped forming stars not because it had used up all of its gas but because most of its star-forming fuel had been thrown out of the system as it merged with another galaxy. What’s more, if proven common, the results could change the way scientists think about galaxy mergers and deaths.
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Source: ScienceDaily