A Galaxy Blazes With Star Formation

September 06, 2001 9:00AM (EDT)Release ID: 2001-26
A Galaxy Blazes With Star Formation

Summary

Most galaxies form new stars at a fairly slow rate, but members of a rare class known as "starburst" galaxies blaze with extremely active star formation. The galaxy NGC 3310 is one such starburst galaxy that is forming clusters of new stars at a prodigious rate. Scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope are perfecting a technique to determine the history of starburst activity in NGC 3310 by studying the colors of its star clusters.

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