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Dense Galaxy Clusters Foster Mechanisms That Throttle Star Formation


The Cosmic Noon was when the Universe's Stelliferous Era Began, and star formation was prodigious during that epoch. But since then, star formation has slowed to a relative crawl, despite the fact that we can watch them forming in regions throughout the Milky Way. What happened to the hydrogen gas that forms stars? New research found clues in a particulary dense galaxy cluster.

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