Wired Science Space Photo of the Day: Starburst Galaxy http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

Messier 82, also known as the Cigar Galaxy, is a starburst galaxy about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. Starburst galaxies undergo extremely high rates of star formation and are thought to represent a particular phase in a galaxy's evolution. Because of its excessive star birth, M82 is five times brighter than our own Milky Way galaxy.



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