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Re: Close-up view of galaxies prompts re-think on star formation

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Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
> Close-up view of galaxies prompts re-think on star formation
>> http://phys.org/news/2015-11-close-up-view-galaxies-prompts-re-think.html
> 
> 
>> Atomic gas is composed of individual hydrogen atoms. It is usually
>> found in regions of space that do not contain any planets or stars
>> and are largely empty, researchers say.
>>
>> Molecular gas is made up of pairs of hydrogen atoms bound together,
>> and is present in the densest parts of galaxies, where most planets
>> and stars form.
>>
>> The new study, led by the University of Edinburgh, provides the first
>> evidence that atomic gas can fuel star formation. This happens when
>> atomic gas flows into galaxies but does not have time to convert to
>> the molecular form, the team says.
>>
>> The discovery was made by studying galaxies in which explosions of
>> massive stars - known as gamma-ray bursts - have been observed. It
>> was thought the stars formed from molecular gas, but recent studies
>> have shown these galaxies to be almost entirely deficient in
>> molecular gas.

Yet more "settled science" unsettled. 
 
 
 

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Jim Pennino

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Close-up view of galaxies prompts re-think on star formation Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-11-10 10:29 -0600
  Re: Close-up view of galaxies prompts re-think on star formation jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-10 18:30 +0000
    Re: Close-up view of galaxies prompts re-think on star formation "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-11-10 13:08 -0800

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