Cosmic 'tug-of-war' between galaxies created a tidal tail of whipped-away stars - Space.com
The galaxy SDSS J1448+1010 and its tail of ejected stars and gas was formed when the universe was around half its current age.
A distant galaxy stopped birthing stars when a merger with another galaxy ripped out its star-forming gas and stars, a violent process that left it with a massive 'tail' of star-stuff.
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