'Star-making machine' discovered

Posted on July 14th, 2008
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Scientists have discovered rare ‘star-making machine’ in
distant universe, producing stars at big bursts at a rate of up
to 4,000 per year, a development that is in contrast to our
Milky Way galaxy that pumps out an average of just 10 stars per
year.

“This galaxy is undergoing a major baby boom, y galaxy that
producing most of its stars all at once,” said Peter Capak of
NASA’s Spitzer Science Centre at the California Institute of
Technology, Pasadena.

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