Astronomers Team up to Create New Method to Understand Galaxy Evolution (IMAGE)

University of Toledo

Astronomers Team up to Create New Method to Understand Galaxy Evolution

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S12, a post-starburst galaxy located nearly 500 million light years away, is on the right. It looks like a jellyfish with a host of stars streaming out of the galaxy on one side.

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Dr. Rupali Chandar, professor of astronomy at The University of Toledo

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