Hubble Resolves Puzzle About Loner Starburst Galaxy

Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 13:35 in Astronomy & Space

Astronomers have long puzzled over why a small, nearby, isolated galaxy is pumping out new stars faster than any galaxy in our local neighborhood. Now NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has helped astronomers solve the mystery of the loner starburst galaxy, called NGC 1569, by showing that it is one and a half times farther away than astronomers thought.

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