Extreme turbulence roiling 'most luminous galaxy' in the universe
Friday, January 15, 2016 - 08:36
in Astronomy & Space
The most luminous galaxy in the Universe - a so-called obscured quasar 12.4 billion light-years away - is so violently turbulent that it may eventually jettison its entire supply of star-forming gas, according to new observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA).