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red nugget

red nugget is the ellipsis of red nugget galaxy.

Meaning of red nugget galaxy

Noun

red nugget galaxy (plural red nugget galaxies)

  1. A type of passive, massive and compact elliptical galaxy, that has been little changed over many billions of years, having little internal activity, little to no interaction with other galaxies, little to no new star formation in billions of years. The galaxies typically are many times more massive, and many times smaller, than our Milky Way Galaxy. The redness grows as stars age, which as a population, become redder with time.
    Synonyms:
    red nugget

Forms of red nugget

pluralred nuggets

Questions about red nugget

What is red nugget the ellipsis of?
Red nugget is the ellipsis of red nugget galaxy.

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