A distant galaxy is churning out stars at a prodigious rate of up to 4,000 a year, new observations show, in a finding that has left astronomers wondering if the generally accepted theory of galaxy formation is actually true.
Our own Milky Way galaxy, in comparison, creates about 10 new stars annually.
Scientists say it is not just the rate of new star formation that is puzzling; it's that fact that the star-booming galaxy dates back to a time when the universe was only about 1.3 billion years old.
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