{"id":235861,"date":"2023-06-20T06:07:19","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T10:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=294400"},"modified":"2025-07-01T18:53:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T01:53:27","slug":"did-you-know-that-galaxies-are-more-ecofriendly-than-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/did-you-know-that-galaxies-are-more-ecofriendly-than-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Stellar recycling: an Amazing Phenomenom in the Distant Space"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Earth, recycling signs are everywhere, urging us to save our planet while we can. <strong>In space, some galaxies seem to recycle without the need for reminders in the form of signs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"NASA App\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/2cddcc48-a4d6-11e6-88af-00163ec9f5fa\/3678680588\/nasa-app-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">NASA App<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/nasa-app.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/nasa-app.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/scientists-just-discovered-how-water-got-to-land\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">At least one galaxy is not letting materials<\/a> that could form potential stars go to waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An international team of scientists led by astronomers Shiwu Zhang and Zheng Cai from Tsinghua University (China) has found evidence that a massive galaxy located within an even larger nebula called <strong>MAMMOTH-1 is extracting material from its surroundings to give birth to new stars<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Aging stars pollute their surroundings as they burn, but galaxies recycle! \u267b\ufe0f The cloud of dust and gas surrounding a galaxy absorbs byproducts and pushes them back in, fueling the formation of new stars. About the process &amp; a mission set to observe it: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zUgBbrCS7H\">https:\/\/t.co\/zUgBbrCS7H<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ltZa1zimHe\">pic.twitter.com\/ltZa1zimHe<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NASA (@NASA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASA\/status\/1187846454204870661?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, that material contains elements formed by past supernovas, believed to have occurred within galaxies, with their remnants being ejected into the nebula by the central black hole of the galaxy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This means that <strong>the galaxy, referred to as G-2 by the research team, is forming stars from material<\/strong> that had previously been expelled into intergalactic space by a galaxy, whether it is itself or another nearby galaxy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NASA - Hubble telescope captured galaxies the Universe - 4K Ultra HD\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UtAhaXeAEQw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stellar recycling: no Ecoembes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stars derive their energy from the process of nuclear fusion, where hydrogen atoms combine to form helium. <strong>Only massive stars (8 solar masses or more) go on to become supernovas after fusing all their hydrogen into helium<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Gravity then causes the collapse of a massive star<\/strong>, which eventually explodes in an extremely luminous event that blows away its outer layers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/its-called-betelgeuse-its-a-star-and-its-about-to-explode\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Supernovas create shock waves<\/a> that can generate enough energy to fuse new atomic nuclei, including metals such as iron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Even galaxies recycle <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O0T8r90T0L\">https:\/\/t.co\/O0T8r90T0L<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jennifer Ouellette (@JenLucPiquant) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JenLucPiquant\/status\/1670832729137504259?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But life after the death of a star can mean the birth of another. After the explosion, the remnants of the dead star scatter into space, swirling within the interstellar medium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Although some of this material is lost forever in space<\/strong>, stars can still potentially incorporate some of the material created in the supernova. 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