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06-29-2016, 11:24 PM
Distant galaxy puts on a fireworks show in new Hubble photo
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The Hubble Space Telescope is getting into the holiday spirit with new fireworks-themed galaxy photos in ho**r of the Fourth of July holiday coming up next week.
Two new images show a tadpole-shaped galaxy named*Kiso 5639 streaking through the sky like a cosmic firework. This galaxy — shining about 82 million light-years from Earth — looks like about 10 percent of galaxies in the early universe as seen by the telescope, according to a Hubble statement (http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2016/23/full/).
SEE ALSO: New Hubble telescope photo shows brilliant star cluster within a nearby galaxy (http://mashable.com/2016/06/25/hubble-telescope-star-cluster-photo/)
"I think Kiso 5639 is a beautiful, up-close example of what must have been common long ago," Debra Elmegreen, a researcher studying this galaxy, said in a statement. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/06/29/hubble-telescope-fireworks-galaxy-photo/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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The Hubble Space Telescope is getting into the holiday spirit with new fireworks-themed galaxy photos in ho**r of the Fourth of July holiday coming up next week.
Two new images show a tadpole-shaped galaxy named*Kiso 5639 streaking through the sky like a cosmic firework. This galaxy — shining about 82 million light-years from Earth — looks like about 10 percent of galaxies in the early universe as seen by the telescope, according to a Hubble statement (http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2016/23/full/).
SEE ALSO: New Hubble telescope photo shows brilliant star cluster within a nearby galaxy (http://mashable.com/2016/06/25/hubble-telescope-star-cluster-photo/)
"I think Kiso 5639 is a beautiful, up-close example of what must have been common long ago," Debra Elmegreen, a researcher studying this galaxy, said in a statement. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/06/29/hubble-telescope-fireworks-galaxy-photo/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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