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An international team of astronomers has discovered 49 new gas-rich galaxies using the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa | Although the research team didn't find any star-forming gas in the galaxy they were studying, instead discovered other galaxies while inspecting the data.


Astronomers discover 49 new galaxies in under three hours. An international team of astronomers has discovered 49 new gas-rich galaxies using the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa.  Dr Marcin Glowacki, from the Curtin University node of the International Centre for

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