What Happens When Galaxies Die?
About half of the galaxies in our universe are dead, but how exactly did that happen? How do galaxies die? Why Are Most Galaxies Spiral Shaped? - https://youtu.be/aIUu5uMKB70 Sign Up For...
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Nebulas to nebulas, dust to dust. What happens when a galaxy goes bust? Hello aspiring galactic overlords and their bumbling henchmen, Trace here. This is DNews. Galaxies are collections of millions and billions of stars, the Milky Way probably has 100 to 400 billion or so (we don’t really know). Andromeda, our closest neighbor galaxy, probably has 400 billion stars (but could have a trillion!). The thing is, Andromeda is likely dead. Probably has been for a few billion years. Just like stars, planets, you, me, and our hopes and dreams -- galaxies can die, or ‘quench’ as astronomers call it. In fact, half the galaxies in the universe are dead, and thanks to a recent study, we are starting to figure out exactly how they died. Gasses like hydrogen are u...
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Nebulas to nebulas, dust to dust. What happens when a galaxy goes bust? Hello aspiring galactic overlords and their bumbling henchmen, Trace here. This is DNews. Galaxies are collections of millions and billions of stars, the Milky Way probably has 100 to 400 billion or so (we don’t really know). Andromeda, our closest neighbor galaxy, probably has 400 billion stars (but could have a trillion!). The thing is, Andromeda is likely dead. Probably has been for a few billion years. Just like stars, planets, you, me, and our hopes and dreams -- galaxies can die, or ‘quench’ as astronomers call it. In fact, half the galaxies in the universe are dead, and thanks to a recent study, we are starting to figure out exactly how they died. Gasses like hydrogen are u...
