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Astronomy

Quasar Outflows and Galaxy Evolution

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Quasar outflows can blow away gas equivalent to hundreds of Suns per year, traveling at millions of kilometers per hour, and in doing so they can stop the host galaxy from forming new stars.

Why this is interesting

What if the most brilliant objects in the universe were also the very engines that shape their galaxies, switching off star birth?