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Astronomers Team up to Create New Method to Understand Galaxy Evolution

S12, a post-starburst galaxy located nearly 500 million light-years away, is on the right. It looks like a jellyfish with a host of stars streaming out of the galaxy on one side.

A husband-and-wife team of astronomers established the star formation history of a post-starburst galaxy using its cluster population. A husband-and-wife team of astronomers at The University of Toledo joined forces for the first time in their scientific careers during the pandemic to develop a new method to look back in time and change the way we understand the history of galaxies.

Until now forging parallel but separate careers while juggling home life and carpooling to cross country meets, Dr. Rupali Chandar, professor of astronomy, and Dr. J.D...

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