ESA/Hubble heic1412: Small but significant — Astronomers use Hubble to study bursts of star formation in the dwarf galaxies of the early Universe. They may only be little, but they pack a star-forming punch: new observations from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope show that starbursts in dwarf galaxies played a bigger role than expected in the early history of the Universe.

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19 June 2014

They may only be little, but they pack a star-forming punch: new observations from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope show that starbursts in dwarf galaxies played a bigger role than expected in the early history of the Universe.

The release, images and videos are available on:
http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1412/

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19 June 2014




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