Baby Boom Galaxy
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The Baby Boom Galaxy is a starburst galaxy located about 12.477 billion light years away. Discovered by NASA's Spitzer Science Center at the California Institute of Technology, the galaxy is the recor
Baby Boom Galaxy (Green-Red Splotch)
Starburst galaxy
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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 mos
Baby Boom Galaxy
…The Baby Boom Galaxy is a starburst galaxy located about 12.477 billion light years away (co-moving distance is 25.08 billion light years). Discovered by NASA's Spitzer Science Center at the…
The Antennae Galaxies are an example of a starburst galaxy occurring from the collision of NGC 4038/NGC 4039. Credit: NASA/ESA.
Light and dust in a nearby starburst galaxy known as 2MASS J082354.96+280621.6
Artist's impression of a galaxy undergoing a starburst
SBS 1415+437 is a WR galaxy located about 45 million light-years from Earth.