Hubble Just Found a "Relic Galaxy" and It's Absolutely Stunning

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A new study published Monday in Nature reports that Hubble scientists have found a "Relic galaxy" called NGC 1277 about 240 million light-years away near the Perseus cluster.

The galaxy is only a quarter the size of the Milky Way, but in its early days, scientists think NGC 1277 could crank out stars about 1,000 times faster than our own galaxy.

At some point, NGC 1277 stopped producing stars, and the aging ones became reddish lights that Hubble could spot.

In a press release, Hubble says NGC 1277 is in a state of "Arrested development," but no, not like the show.

According to Hubble, "Massive galaxies tend to have both metal-poor and metal-rich globular clusters," but NGC 1277 has no blue clusters.

The James Webb Space Telescope, expected to launch in spring 2019, could provide unprecedented insights into NGC 1277 and relic galaxies like it.

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