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A new study reveals an early massive galaxy, CRISTAL-02, in the throes of death, with its gas being rapidly blasted into space by a powerful “galaxy wind.”
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astronomers, James Webb Space Telescope, Atacama Large Millimeter Array
What
A new study reveals an early massive galaxy, CRISTAL-02, in the throes of death, with its gas being rapidly blasted into space by a powerful “galaxy wind.”
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Sat, 13 Jun 2026 09:05:52 GMT · 7h 34m ago
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Why
The galaxy CRISTAL-02 is experiencing intense star formation, which paradoxically drives a "galaxy wind" that is ejecting gas at a rate twice as fast as it converts gas into stars, leading to its impending death.
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This discovery provides a new solution to the mystery of why so many large, dead galaxies were observed in the early universe, suggesting that powerful winds from intense star formation, not just supermassive black holes, can kill galaxies. It refines our understanding of galaxy evolution and the mechanisms leading to galactic death in the cosmic past.
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- Health & Science7h 34m agoAstronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope and the Atacama Large Millimeter Array have identified an early massive galaxy, CRISTAL-02, that is in the process of dying as its gas is rapidly blasted into space by a powerful 'galaxy wind'.Open article
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- Health & Science7h 34m agoAstronomers have revealed an early massive galaxy, CRISTAL-02, in the throes of death due to a powerful “galaxy wind” rapidly blasting its gas into space.Open article
- Health & Science7h 34m agoA new study reveals an early massive galaxy, CRISTAL-02, in the throes of death, with its gas rapidly blasted into space by a powerful “galaxy wind”.Open article
- Health & Science7h 34m agoA new study reveals an early massive galaxy, CRISTAL-02, is in the throes of death as its gas is being rapidly blasted into space by a powerful “galaxy wind”.Open article
- Health & Science7h 34m agoOur new study, published today in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, reveals an early massive galaxy in the throes of death: its gas is being rapidly blasted into space by a powerful “galaxy wind”, and it may very soon run out of gas.Open article
- Health & Science7h 34m agoA new study reveals an early massive galaxy, CRISTAL-02, in the throes of death as its gas is rapidly blasted into space by a powerful “galaxy wind”.Open article