Australian National U. researcher discovers galaxies of gas (Forwarded)

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Tuesday, 15 July 2003

ANU RESEARCHER DISCOVERS GALAXIES OF GAS

Any dictionary will tell you that a galaxy is a vast collection of stars,
floating deep in space. But this definition may need revision following new
research by an ANU graduate student who has discovered galaxies that consist
mostly of gas, rather than stars.
[. . .]

I wonder what the elemental abundances are in these galaxies? If they
have always been very sparse in stars, they might be good places to search for
Population III stars; if they have regions of gas that has not been cycled
through stars at all, they could even still be forming what would be
effectively Population III stars.

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Lucius Chiaraviglio
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