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Dense Gas in Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies
CAMBRIDGE, MA (Jan. 18, 2010) – Ultraluminous infrared galaxies have luminosities that exceed a trillion suns. (For comparison, the Milky Way's luminosity is only that of about ten billion...
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Black hole zapping a galaxy into existence
GARCHING, GERMANY (Nov. 30, 2009) – Which comes first, the supermassive black holes that frantically devour matter or the enormous galaxies where they reside? A brand new scenario has emerged...
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Baffling Galactic Bulge
GARCHING, GERMANY (Nov. 18, 2009) – Just as many people are surprised to find themselves packing on unexplained weight around the middle, astronomers find the evolution of bulges in the centres...



