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For long did the scientist wonder how the ancient galaxies, known as the SMGs, managed to produce the stars so fast that the rate in which it produced stars exceeded that of the Milky Way by 1,000 times. There has been two theories that stood out above others, yet those too did not fully explain the scenario that the SMGs showed. New study has been published which, for the first time, explains and matches the properties of the SMGs.It suggests the galaxies tapped reservoirs of gas to produce the new stars, instead of merging with other galaxies. It caught my attention when the article claims that the properties of the Milky Way and those of the SMGs are different with each other. One would imagine, though of different size and shape, that

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