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Ref : S02008
Theme :
Galaxies (118 images)
Title : A Galaxy Blazes With Star Formation
Caption :
A Galaxy Blazes With Star Formation. Most galaxies form new stars at a fairly slow rate, but members of a rare class known as 'starburst' galaxies blaze with extremely active star formation. The galaxy NGC 3310 is one such starburst galaxy that is forming clusters of new stars at a prodigious rate. Scientists using Hubble Space Telescope are perfecting a technique to determine the history of starburst activity in NGC 3310 by studying the colors of its star clusters.
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