Cosmic Winds Devour Early Galaxies, JWST Reveals
TL;DR
JWST observations of the merging galaxy system CRISTAL-02 show a massive wind blowing out cold gas, rapidly quenching star formation and potentially turning early massive galaxies into “dead” systems within tens of millions of years, offering a simple explanation for the abundance of dead galaxies in the early universe.
Topics:science#early-universe#galactic-winds#galaxies#james-webb-space-telescope#science#star-formation
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