galactic quenching
The JWST Discovers a Galaxy That Shouldn’t Exist
Astronomers working with the JWST found a dwarf galaxy they weren't looking for. It's about 98 million years away, has…
3 months ago
What Can Slime Mold Teach Us About the Universe?
What can slime molds tell us about the large-scale structure of the Universe and the evolution of galaxies? These things…
6 months ago
Galaxies Breathe Gas, and When They Stop, No More Stars Form
For most of the history of astronomy, all we could see were stars. We could see them individually, in clusters,…
7 months ago
What’s Snuffing Out Galaxies Before Their Time?
In the Milky Way, the formation rate of stars is about one solar mass every year. About 10 billion years…
2 years ago