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Jan 12, 2024

NASA finds ‘galactic fossil’ in a galaxy 13 million light-years away

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NASA scientists have identified unexpectedly massive clouds of cold gas within the spiral galaxy NGC 4,945, located 13 million light-years away.

As per the release, the revelation of this cold gas serves as the discovery of a “galactic fossil.”

The observations suggest that the gas likely rushed through this galaxy following the outburst from its supermassive black hole some five million years ago.

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