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Hot, dust-obscured galaxy (hot DOG) (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Researchers believe that hot DOGs may represent a phase of galactic evolution where the central black hole is capturing material at a rate faster than new stars are forming, yet the radiation pressure from that rapid absorption is pushing away much of that surrounding material. The black hole will eventually clear its area of influence of the excessive dust and gas, rendering it a regular, visible galaxy.