Stars born in the wild
The dwarf galaxy leaves a trail behind while rushing through a group of galaxies. In this trail, stars have managed to form. Astronomers zoomed in on the star that the arrows point to. They saw the star blowing out streams of gas with speeds of up to 160 kilometres per second.
Credit:
NAOJ, CFHT, GALEX, Y. Ohyama & A. Hota
Share:
The EU-UNAWE website was produced by funding from the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme ([FP7/2007-2013]) under grant agreement n° 263325