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Date: Sep 3 07:54 2014

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This image shows observations of a newly discovered galaxy core dubbed GOODS-N-774, taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3 and Advanced Camera for Surveys. This galaxy core was spotted in part of the Hubble GOODS-N field (Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey). Read more __________________

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Date: Aug 27 17:22 2014

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NASA Telescopes Help Uncover Early Construction Phase Of Giant Galaxy Astronomers have for the first time gotten a glimpse of the earliest stages of massive galaxy construction. The building site, dubbed "Sparky," is a developing galaxy containing a dense core that is blazing with the light of millions of newborn stars which are forming at a ferocious rate. The discovery was made possible through combining observations from NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes, the European Space Agency's Herschel Space Observatory, and the W.M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii. Read more __________________

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