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Gone with the wind?

Windy weather is forecast where stars are forming. Numerical simulations show that these winds can reshape dwarf galaxies, reconciling their properties with the prevailing theory of galaxy formation.

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Figure 1: Which is the real galaxy?

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Geha, M. Gone with the wind?. Nature 463, 167–168 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/463167a

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