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| DOI | 10.1038/S41586-025-08783-9 | ||||
| Año | 2025 | ||||
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Nuclear star clusters (NSCs) are the densest stellar systems in the Universe. These clusters can be found at the centre of all galaxy types but tend to favour galaxies of intermediate stellar mass around 109M circle dot (refs. 1,2). At present, two main processes are under debate to explain their formation: in situ star formation from gas infall3 and migration and merging of globular clusters (GCs) caused by dynamical friction4. Studies5, 6, 7, 8-9 of NSC stellar populations suggest that the former predominates in massive galaxies, whereas the latter prevails in dwarf galaxies, and both contribute equally at intermediate mass. However, until now, no ongoing merger of GCs has been observed to confirm this scenario. Here we report the serendipitous discovery of five dwarf galaxies with complex nuclear regions, characterized by multiple nuclei and tidal tails, using high-resolution images from the Hubble Space Telescope. These structures have been reproduced in complementary N-body simulations, supporting the interpretation that they result from migrating and merging of star clusters. The small detection rate and short simulated timescales (below 100 Myr) of this process may explain why this has not been observed previously. This study highlights the need for large surveys with high resolution to fully map the migration scenario steps.
| Ord. | Autor | Género | Institución - País |
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| 1 | Poulain, Melina | - |
Univ Oulu - Finlandia
Oulun Yliopisto - Finlandia |
| 2 | Smith, Rory | - |
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María - Chile
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| 3 | Duc, P. -A. | Hombre |
Univ Strasbourg - Francia
Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg - Francia |
| 4 | Marleau, Francine R. | - |
Univ Innsbruck - Austria
Universität Innsbruck - Austria |
| 5 | Habas, Rebecca | - |
INAF Astron Observ Abruzzo - Italia
Istituto Nazionale Di Astrofisica, Rome - Italia |
| 6 | Durrell, Patrick R. | - |
Youngstown State Univ - Estados Unidos
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| 7 | Fensch, Jeremy | - |
Univ Lyon - Francia
Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon - Francia |
| 8 | Lim, Sungsoon | - |
Yonsei Univ - Corea del Sur
Yonsei University - Corea del Sur |
| 9 | Muller, Oliver | - |
Ecole Polytech Fed Lausanne EPFL - Suiza
Inst Astron - Reino Unido Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - Suiza Institute of Astronomy - Reino Unido Clare Hall Cambridge - Reino Unido |
| 10 | Paudel, Sanjaya | - |
Yonsei Univ - Corea del Sur
Yonsei University - Corea del Sur |
| 11 | Sanchez-Janssen, Ruben | Hombre |
UK Astron Technol Ctr - Reino Unido
Royal Observatory - Reino Unido |
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| National Research Foundation of Korea |
| Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico |
| NASA |
| Swiss National Science Foundation |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| STScI under NASA |
| Space Telescope Science Institute |
| Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung |
| European Space Agency |
| Academy of Finland |
| Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica |
| International Space Science Institute |
| MSIT |
| Oulun Yliopisto |
| Research Council of Finland |
| International Space Science Institute (ISSI) in Bern, through ISSI International Team project |
| FONDECYT Regular 2023 project |
| Sejong Science Fellowship Program by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Korea government (MSIT) |
| Italian INAF large grant |
| Mid-career Researcher Program |
| Agradecimiento |
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| This research is based on observations from the NASA/ESA HST obtained at the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, under NASA contract NAS5-26555. Support for programme nos. GO-16257 and GO-16711 was provided through a grant from the STScI under NASA contract NAS5-26555. This research was supported by the International Space Science Institute (ISSI) in Bern, through ISSI International Team project no. 534. M.P. is supported by the Academy of Finland grant no. 347089. O.M. is grateful to the Swiss National Science Foundation for financial support under the grant no. PZ00P2_202104. P.R.D. acknowledges support from grant HST-GO-16257.002-A. S.P. acknowledges support from the Mid-career Researcher Program (no. RS-2023-00208957). S.L. acknowledges the support from the Sejong Science Fellowship Program by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT) (no. NRF-2021R1C1C2006790). R.H. acknowledges funding from the Italian INAF large grant 12-2022. R.S. acknowledges financial support from FONDECYT Regular 2023 project no. 1230441 and also acknowledges financial support from ANID-MILENIO-NCN2024_112. |
| This research is based on observations from the NASA/ESA HST obtained at the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, under NASA contract NAS5-26555. Support for programme nos. GO-16257 and GO-16711 was provided through a grant from the STScI under NASA contract NAS5-26555. This research was supported by the International Space Science Institute (ISSI) in Bern, through ISSI International Team project no. 534. M.P. is supported by the Academy of Finland grant no. 347089. O.M. is grateful to the Swiss National Science Foundation for financial support under the grant no. PZ00P2_202104. P.R.D. acknowledges support from grant HST-GO-16257.002-A. S.P. acknowledges support from the Mid-career Researcher Program (no. RS-2023-00208957). S.L. acknowledges the support from the Sejong Science Fellowship Program by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT) (no. NRF-2021R1C1C2006790). R.H. acknowledges funding from the Italian INAF large grant 12-2022. R.S. acknowledges financial support from FONDECYT Regular 2023 project no. 1230441 and also acknowledges financial support from ANID-MILENIO-NCN2024_112. |
| Open Access funding provided by University of Oulu (including Oulu University Hospital). |