Distant galaxy puts on a fireworks show in new Hubble photo
 

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.

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"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...


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