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How do galaxies die?

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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The Death of a Galaxies

Our galaxies don't live, of course, in the same sense that organic entities do. But they do have a really interesting life cycle. And at some point they stop making stars, and eventually those stars will burn out. Some could describe this as the death of a galaxy. There are many posible ways to kill a galaxy. Scientists call it galaxy quenching. Once you no longer make in stars, you're not really part of the game.

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