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Press Room 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 Archive All News Public Affairs Office David Aguilar (617) 495-7462 Christine Pulliam (617) 495-7463 pubaffairs@cfa	Press Release Release No.: 2007-33For Release: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 New View of Distant Galaxy Reveals Furious Star Formation These photos in visible light (left, from the Hubble Space Telescope) and infrared (right, from the Spitzer Space Telescope) show the location of distant galaxy GOOD 850-5 (circled). That galaxy, located 12 billion light-years from Earth, is forming stars at the prodigious rate of 4,000 Suns per year, a thousand times faster than our Milky Way. Credit: Wang et al., STScI, Spitzer, NASA, NRAO/AUI/NSF High Resolution Image (jpg) Low Resolution Image (jpg) Back to Press Release
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