Cosmic 'leaf blower' robs galaxy of star-making fuel
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - 08:06
in Astronomy & Space
(PhysOrg.com) -- Supernova explosions and the jets of a monstrous black hole are scattering a galaxy's star-making gas like a cosmic leaf blower, a new study finds. The findings, which relied on ultraviolet observations from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer and a host of other instruments, fill an important gap in the current understanding of galactic evolution.