A Galaxy Falling into the Coma Cluster (IMAGE)

International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research

A Galaxy Falling into the Coma Cluster

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This artist's impression of the 'quenching' process shows how a normal blue (star-forming) galaxy lost its gas while falling into the Coma Cluster very early on in its formation.

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Credit: Cameron Yozin, ICRAR/UWA

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