Fierce winds quench wildfire-like starbirth in far-flung galaxy
Friday, September 7, 2018 - 08:40
in Astronomy & Space
Astronomers using ALMA, with the aid of a gravitational lens, have detected the most-distant galactic “wind” of molecules ever observed, seen when the universe was only one billion years old. By tracing the outflow of hydroxyl (OH) molecules – which herald the presence of star-forming gas in galaxies – the researchers show how some galaxies […]