Thirsty galaxies thriving on gas streams

Fumagalli, Michele

Abstract

Young galaxies are most effective at converting gas into stars. Intense accretion of fuel is required to keep galaxies growing, but these gas streams have largely eluded observations. New instruments at optical telescopes are now uncovering clues of their existence.

Citation

Fumagalli, M. (2019). Thirsty galaxies thriving on gas streams. Nature Astronomy, 3, 796-797. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-019-0812-1

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Jul 1, 2019
• Publication Date: Jul 1, 2019
• Deposit Date: Jul 18, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 1, 2020
• Journal: Nature Astronomy
• Electronic ISSN: 2397-3366
• Publisher: Nature Research
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 3
• Pages: 796-797
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-019-0812-1
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1326851