Astronomers detect unusual galaxy system with a long, highly collimated tail of gas and stars
Published Date: 5/11/2023
Source: phys.org
An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new enigmatic galaxy system as part of the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys. The newfound system consists of a pair of galaxies and an extended highly collimated tail of gas and stars. The finding was reported May 2 on the arXiv pre-print server.