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Release No.: 2007-33For Release: Tuesday, December 18, 2007
New View of Distant Galaxy Reveals Furious Star Formation
New View of Distant Galaxy Reveals Furious Star Formation
These photos in visible light (left, from the Hubble Space Telescope) and infrared (right, from the Spitzer Space Telescope) show the location of distant galaxy GOOD 850-5 (circled). That galaxy, located 12 billion light-years from Earth, is forming stars at the prodigious rate of 4,000 Suns per year, a thousand times faster than our Milky Way.
Credit: Wang et al., STScI, Spitzer, NASA, NRAO/AUI/NSF
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Credit: Wang et al., STScI, Spitzer, NASA, NRAO/AUI/NSF
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