GOODS-Herschel reveals gas mass role in creating fireworks versus beacons of star formation

Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 09:30 in Astronomy & Space

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study of galaxies in the deepest far-infrared image of the sky, obtained by the Herschel Space Observatory, highlights the two contrasting ways that stars formed in galaxies up to 12 billion years ago. Dr. Georgios Magdis will present the results at the National Astronomy Meeting in Manchester.

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