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red nugget galaxies

red nugget galaxies is the plural 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

Questions about red nugget galaxies

What is red nugget galaxies the plural of?
Red nugget galaxies is the plural of red nugget galaxy.

Words near red nugget galaxies in the dictionary

  1. red notice
  2. red notices
  3. red nuclei
  4. red nucleus
  5. red nugget
  6. red nugget galaxies
  7. red nugget galaxy
  8. red nuggets
  9. red oak
  10. red oak tree
  11. red oak trees

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