Red nuggets is the nickname given to rare, unusually small galaxies packed with large amounts of red stars where star formation has been quenched. Although typically studied in the distant, high-redshift universe, "red nuggets" were first observed locally, having been flagged as "compact galaxies" in the catalogs of Fritz Zwicky and collaborators.
Red nuggets is the nickname given to rare, unusually small galaxies packed with large amounts of red stars where star formation has been quenched. Although typically studied in the distant, high-redshift universe, "red nuggets" were first observed locally, having been flagged as "compact galaxies" in the catalogs of Fritz Zwicky and collaborators.
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