Galactic cold streams (IMAGE)

University of Iowa

Galactic cold streams

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Researchers led by the University of Iowa have produced direct observational evidence that massive galaxies in the early universe were fed by cold gas pipelines that survived despite hotter surroundings and allowed these galaxies to form stars.

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Hai Fu, University of Iowa

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