Jamie Carter is a freelance journalist and regular Live Science contributor based in Cardiff, U.K. He is the author of A Stargazing Program For Beginners and lectures on astronomy and the natural world. Jamie regularly writes for Space.com, TechRadar.com, Forbes Science, BBC Wildlife magazine and Scientific American, and many others.
Where it is: 12.5 million light-years away, in the constellation Canes Venatici Why it's so special: Galaxies across the universe tend to sire newborn stars at a predictable rate, but every once in a while, astronomers come across a"starburst galaxy" that defies all expectations. This new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows the dwarf galaxy NGC 4449, which appears to be intensely fusing new stars at a much higher rate than expected.
Related: James Webb telescope discovers earliest galaxy in the known universe — and its shockingly big Sign up for the Live Science daily newsletter nowGet the world’s most fascinating discoveries delivered straight to your inbox. Another conundrum is that, unlike most starburst galaxies, which usually produce stars primarily in their central regions, NGC 4449 has newborn stars both in its core and in the streams around it.
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