The team discovered ID2299 by chance after looking through 100 galaxies. It caught their attention due to its ejection of star-forming gas—the fuel that keeps the galaxy thriving with newborn stars—at...
Scientists Say 2 Galaxies Collided and Now They’re ‘Dying’
Although it’s difficult to imagine, many galaxies in the universe have collided with another one at some point. Like two unthinkably huge, swirling saw blades made of planets and stars, they sometimes meet and commence mutual shredding. Now, a team of astrophysicists says it’s spotted a “dying” galaxy, which was likely formed, and mortally wounded, by one such collision.
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