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  Galaxy Goes Green in Burning Stellar Fuel

  April 23, 2013 — Astronomers have spotted the "greenest" of galaxies, one that converts fuel into stars with almost 100-percent efficiency. The findings come from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), ... > full story
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  Hubble Sees a Unique Cluster: One of the Hidden 15

  April 19, 2013 — Palomar 2 is part of a group of 15 globulars known as the Palomar clusters. These clusters, as the name suggests, were discovered in survey plates from the first Palomar Observatory Sky Survey in the ... > full story
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  Massive Galaxy Had Intense Burst of Star Formation When Universe Was Only 6 Percent of Current Age

  April 17, 2013 — Astronomers find the most prolific star factory yet seen, in a far-distant galaxy that reveals important information about the cosmic environment in the early history of the ... > full story

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  ALMA Telescope Pinpoints Early Galaxies at Record Speed

  April 17, 2013 — Astronomers have used the new ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) telescope to pinpoint the locations of over 100 of the most fertile star-forming galaxies in the early ... > full story
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  Discovery of a Blue Supergiant Star Born in the Wild

  April 10, 2013 — Astronomers have discovered a blue supergiant star located far beyond our Milky Way Galaxy in the constellation Virgo. Over 55 million years ago, the star emerged in an extremely wild environment, ... > full story
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  Hubble Sees Light and Dust in a Nearby Starburst Galaxy

  April 5, 2013 — The Hubble Space Telescope has taken an image of a small, sparkling hook in the dark sky -- a beautiful object is known as J082354.96+280621.6, or J082354.96 for short. It is a starburst galaxy, so ... > full story
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  Green Pea Galaxies Could Help Astronomers Understand Early Universe

  April 3, 2013 — The rare Green Pea galaxies discovered by the general public in 2007 could help confirm astronomers' understanding of reionization, a pivotal stage in the evolution of the early ... > full story
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  Taken Under the 'Wing' of the Small Magellanic Cloud: First Detection of X-Ray Emission from Young Stars With Masses Similar to Our Sun Outside Our Milky Way Galaxy

  April 3, 2013 — The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is one of the Milky Way's closest galactic neighbors. In fact, it was so bright that many navigators used this object to make their way across the oceans. A new ... > full story
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  New Insights on How Spiral Galaxies Get Their Arms

  April 2, 2013 — Spiral galaxies are some of the most beautiful and photogenic residents of the universe. Our own Milky Way is a spiral. Our solar system and Earth reside somewhere near one of its filamentous arms. ... > full story
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  Sprial Galaxy: Hidden Depths of Messier 77 Revealed

  March 28, 2013 — The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured this vivid image of spiral galaxy Messier 77, one of the most famous and well-studied galaxies in the sky. The patches of red across this image ... > full story

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