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FOR KIDS: Super star-maker
A distant galaxy cluster churns out stars at a whopping rate
Web edition: September 4, 2012
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This artist’s drawing shows what the central galaxy of the Phoenix cluster might look like. The small blue dots represent new stars forming.
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The recently discovered Phoenix cluster is a big deal. About 6 billion light-years away, it’s home to thousands of galaxies and a huge black hole. Phoenix also is the fastest known star-making factory, a new study finds.
One would expect this cluster to produce fewer than one star per year. Instead “it’s producing 740,” observes MIT astrophysicist Michael McDonald.
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