By using the magnification resulting from gravitational lensing caused by a massive galaxy cluster coincidentally sitting between us and distant galaxy SMM J2135-0102, astronomers were able to map out where stars are forming in this galaxy - which happens to be forming ~250 new stars every year! Go here for more details. Interesting.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Distant Star Formation
Posted by You'd Prefer an Astronaut at 9:00 AM
Labels: galaxy evolution, star formation
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