Astronomers remain amazed: The monstrous galaxy inexplicably darkened
(6 years ago)Scientists have been amazed by a monstrous galaxy that mysteriously became completely dark. A star network, known as XMM-2599, existed about 12 billion years ago, in the early days of the universe, when it was only 1.8 billion years old, writes Independent, translates Periscope. It was [...]
A star network, known as XMM-2599, existed about 12 billion years ago, in the early days of the universe, when it was only 1.8 billion years old, writes Independent, translates Periscope.
It gave rise to many stars for a very short time. And then, all of a sudden, he stopped.
This brutal, inexplicable death has left astronomers speechless, saying that the monstrous galaxy in question was not the same as our existing models of the early universe.
Even before the universe was 2 billion years old, XM-2599 had formed a measure of more than 300 billion yesterday, making it an ultra-size galaxy,” said Benjamin Forrest, the lead author of the study.
The most amazing is that this galaxy formed most of its stars in a very short period of time, and then became completely inactive when the universe was 1.8 billion years old. ”
Scientists find it impossible to explain how the galaxy began to exist and then how quickly it died. It challenges our motels to how the early universes had existed, they say, and could lead to dramatic change in our understanding of how they were formed and how the formation of the stars stops. /Periscope