A new type of galaxy has been found in the cosmic wilderness. Dubbed “Super Spirals”, these galaxies dwarf our own galaxy, and compete in size with the largest in the universe! Super Spirals can shine with anywhere from eight to 14 times the Milky Way! they have about 10x our galaxies mass, and their gleaming starry disks stretch from twice to four times the milky way! But… these galaxies should be disappearing!
Yeah! galaxies grow by “Stealing” gas from space. as this gas comes in, if the galaxy’s gravity is too strong, it heats up, and cant form Stars. this is called “Quenching”! A vital hint to these Super Spiral’s history is that some of these galaxies have double nuclei, Like two eggs in a frying pan.
This means that two galaxies were merging. normally, when two spiral galaxies merge, you get an elliptical galaxy, so scientists aren’t sure how this one formed :(. Cool!
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