Despite being remarkable in its own right — it has
bright bursts of star formation and recorded supernova explosions — it blends into the background somewhat thanks to the gloriously bright star hogging the limelight next to it.
Not exact matches
Within the arms, speckles
of bright blue mark the locations
of young
stars, indicating that NGC 4388 has hosted recent
bursts of star formation.
«Is this
bright infrared light caused by the black - hole - powered core
of the galaxy or by a huge
burst of star formation?
In addition to giving astronomers a fascinating glimpse
of a huge
burst of star formation in the early Universe, the new information about the Cloverleaf helps answer a longstanding question about
bright galaxies
of that era.