starburst
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- /ˈstɑːrˌbɜrst/
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- During its starburst phase, the galaxy created thousands of new stars over just a few million years.
- starburst galaxies
So it was kind of like, you know, for lack of a better analogy, like a starburst in the Galaxy that took a few more light years to hit Earth.
- So it was kind of like, you know, for lack of a better analogy, like a starburst in the Galaxy that took a few more light years to hit Earth.
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So it was kind of like, you know, for lack of a better analogy, like a starburst in the Galaxy that took a few more light years to hit Earth.
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Since these events don't last forever, astronomers expect the BCDs will return to their nearly invisible state within a billion years or so after the starburst turns off.
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In a galaxy's starburst phase, large numbers of the hottest, most massive stars race through their life cycle in less than 10 million years.
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Astronomers are searching for the cause of this awesome cosmic starburst ring.
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R 136 truly seems to have undergone a starburst.
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Astronomers also found a series of starburst galaxies that gave ten or more times as much infrared radiation as visible light.
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Interesting systems in this category are nearby "exploding" starburst galaxies and the many now gasless dwarf galaxies that populate our local corner of the universe.
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Astronomers have found that BCDs undergo brilliant starbursts because they have a significantly higher fraction of star-forming gas than most normal galaxies, including the Milky Way.
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Researchers presented their latest findings on topics ranging from synthetic chemotaxis to star formation in starburst galaxies and from terahertz spectroscopy of nanoparticles to the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.
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The galaxy M82 is undergoing a starburst, producing a large number of new stars in a short time.
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Etymology
Starburst joins star and burst, with burst meaning 'a sudden large increase'. A galaxy 'starburst' is like a sudden 'burst' of new stars, so the name shows that the galaxy is making many stars very quickly.