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36 dwarf galaxies had simultaneous 'baby boom' of new stars

Posted: 24 May 2021 08:02 AM PDT

Three dozen dwarf galaxies far from each other had a simultaneous 'baby boom' of new stars, an unexpected discovery that challenges current theories on how galaxies grow and may enhance our understanding of the universe.

Plasma jets reveal magnetic fields far, far away

Posted: 24 May 2021 06:20 AM PDT

For the first time, researchers have observed plasma jets interacting with magnetic fields in a massive galaxy cluster 600 million light years away, thanks to the help of radio telescopes and supercomputer simulations. The findings can help clarify how such galaxy clusters evolve.