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Thursday, 9 March 2017

A tautologous quote is a tautologous quote

"On the contrary, those UDGs found in the richest environments should be depleted of HI gas due to the removal of this component."

Translation : galaxies without much gas don't have much gas because they don't have much gas. Have you considered joining the tautology club in order to join the tautology club because you want to join the tautology club ?
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