Meerkat observes how galaxies replenish fuel reserves to form stars ~
A global team of astronomers have measured the fuel required for star formation in galaxies as they were 4-billion years ago.
“For the first time, the team were able to measure the hydrogen gas for galaxies of different sizes and star formation activity to determine how the fuel content relates to other observable properties of galaxies 4-billion years in the past. These were compared to galaxies in the present day,” says Professor Vaccari, who is now the e-research director at UCT.
The work was possible due to the sensitivity of MeerKAT, the large number of galaxies observed, and the excellent additional data at optical wavelengths.
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