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Astronomers Witness Violent Collision of Two Galaxies 11 Billion Light-Years Away


Intense radiation from a quasar in one of these galaxies alters the gas properties in the other galaxy and dampens its ability to form new stars, according to an analysis of data from ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA).

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