Formation of An Ultra-Diffuse Galaxy (VIDEO)

University of Copenhagen - Niels Bohr Institute

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The movie shows the formation of an ultra-diffuse galaxy in computer simulation, following it's gas component. Several outflows (fountains) of gas being launched out of the galaxy centre are visible through the life of the galaxy, which are responsible for creating an expanded stellar and dark matter distribution.

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(Credit: NIHAO collaboration (PI A.V. Macciò, NYUAD)

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(Credit: NIHAO collaboration (PI A.V. Macciò, NYUAD)

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