The Galaxy Living Too Fast

The Galaxy Living Too Fast
By Mark Thompson (https://ift.tt/yq1u2Dt)

Twelve million light years away, a galaxy is living fast and burning bright, forging new stars ten times quicker than our own Milky Way in a frenzy that cannot possibly last. Now the James Webb Space Telescope has cut clean through its veil of dust to count an astonishing 16.5 million of its stars, one by one. So what is driving the Cigar Galaxy to burn so furiously?

June 25, 2026 at 11:30AM
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