An international team of astronomers has discovered a gargantuan galaxy cluster with a core bursting with new stars — an incredibly rare find. The discovery, made with the help of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, is the first to show that gigantic galaxies at the centres of massive clusters can grow significantly by feeding off gas stolen from other galaxies.
The release, images and videos are available on:
http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1519/
Kind regards,
ESA/Hubble Information Centre
The ESO Education and Public Outreach Department
10 September 2015
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9 September 2015: On 24 April 2015 ESA/Hubble announced the winners of its Ode to Hubble short video competition as part of the Hubble 25th anniversary celebrations.
At that time we extended ...
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