This image may not be used by or to promote the arms, nuclear power or tobacco industries or any religious organisation, or in any discriminatory way,

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This image may not be used by or to promote the arms, nuclear power or tobacco industries or any religious organisation, or in any discriminatory way, or to imply the endorsement by ESO of any product, service or activity Starbirth in a distant galaxy, artwork. Artists's impression of the distant galaxy SMM J2135-0102, showing large bright clouds that are regions of star birth. Each starbirth region is a few hundred light-years in size. They are a similar size to those in our own galaxy, the Milky Way, but one hundred times more luminous, suggesting that star formation in the early life of these galaxies is a much more vigorous process than typically found in local galaxies.

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Size: 5000px × 5643px
Photo credit: © M. KORNMESSER/EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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