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Uncommon card · Science
Starburst galaxy, an Uncommon card
A starburst galaxy is one undergoing an exceptionally high rate of star formation, as compared to the long-term average rate of star formation in the galaxy, or the star formation rate observed in most other galaxies.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 62
- Power
- 130
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 27,000
Ranked #1,963 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- For example, the star formation rate of the Milky Way galaxy is approximately 3 M☉/yr, while starburst galaxies can experience star formation rates of 100 M☉/yr or more.
- While many main-sequence galaxies use up their molecular gas reservoir in 1-2 Gyr, the high rate of star formation in starbursts can deplete all of their star-forming material in scales of 0.1 Gyr - much shorter than the age of the galaxy.
- As such, the starburst nature of a galaxy is a phase, and one that typically occupies a brief period of a galaxy's evolution.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Starburst galaxy article was read about 27,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 62: each hit it takes is cut by 25 %.
How to get Starburst galaxy
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Starburst galaxy (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
