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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: The Coma Cluster of Galaxies (2024 Mar 27)

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they are both affected by the hostile environment of the galaxy cluster, so they are transiting away from their spiral shape and gradually shutting down their star formation.

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Why is the galaxy cluster such a hostile environment for star formation? I would have thought that all the chaotic movement would create shock waves to collapse the dust and gas and kick off star formation?

Statistics: Posted by JimB — Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:21 am — Replies 4 — Views 103



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