Distant galaxy forms stars at incredible pace, study reports

A newly discovered galaxy makes stars much, much faster than the Milky Way does.
By Joseph Scalise | 44 minutes ago

Scientists working with Chile's Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have observed a galaxy that forms stars at an unprecedented rate, a new study published in Naturereports.

The distant "Monster Galaxy" -- known as COSMOS-AzTEC-1 -- came about roughly 2 billion years after the Big Bang. While it appears normal at first glance, it is unique because it generates over a thousand Suns worth of gas of stars each year.

That trait is important because, while scientists do not understand early galaxies, the new discovery could shed light on why certain systems form stars so fast.

When studying the new system, astronomers found that the clumpy gas inside of it has a stronger gravitational pull on itself than the force of the galaxy's rotation from stars and supernovae. In addition, they also discovered it had two extra areas of gas-generating stars, rather than just one dense cloud of material.

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