New Delhi, August 07, 2022: Signals from the outskirts of a galaxy that is not more than 150 million years indicate formation of newer stars by the galaxies beyond their visible boundaries, according to a recent study. The research traces how these young stars, that are found in the form of star-forming complexes or clumps, […]
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Hidden in Plain Sight: Faint galaxy discovered in our local universe
New Delhi, April 09, 2022: Researchers have discovered a faint but star-forming galaxy, around 136 million light-years away which was so far undetected since it lies in front of a much brighter galaxy, The galaxy has a ‘ghost’ like appearance in the optical images because of its low disk density, but the inner disk shows […]
Researchers track reason behind decline in star formation activity 8 billion years ago
New Delhi, June 8, 2021: Astronomers tracking star formation activity of the young Universe billions of years ago have long been intrigued by the fact that star formation activity in the galaxies which was at its highest about 8-10 billion years ago, had declined steadily thereafter. Searching for the reason behind this, they have found […]
Scientists discover the farthest Gamma-ray emitting active galaxy with narrow emission lines
New Delhi, April 14, 2021: Astronomers have discovered a new active galaxy identified as the farthest gamma-ray emitting galaxy that has so far been stumbled upon. This active galaxy called the Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) galaxy, which is about 31 billion light-years away, opens up avenues to explore more such gamma-ray emitting galaxies that wait […]