College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences

Universe

Study provides new insight into why galaxies stop forming stars A team of UC Riverside-led scientists get best measure yet of why star formation stopped in galaxy clusters in the early universe

Galaxy clusters are rare regions of the universe consisting of hundreds of galaxies containing trillions of stars, as well as hot gas and dark matter. It has long been known that when a galaxy falls into a cluster, star formation is fairly rapidly shut off in a process known as “quenching.” What actually causes the...
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