The Hubble has recently uncovered a very strange green glowing gas cloud. It was first observed by a Dutch school teacher who was using the Internet site http://www.galaxyzoo.org/ to catalog galaxies. It became an issue of great interest because no one knew what it was or why it was there. It at first appeared to only be a floating gas could near a galaxy however NASA has recently discovered that this galaxy could have been essential to the creation of this mystery. It is believed that this galaxy once harbored a Quasar in its center which blasted this blob of gas with energy and light so that it maintains the light even though the Quasar is no longer there.
I think that this discovery is really cool because many things but probably the most exciting thing about this is the way it was discovered. It was first found by a dutch school teacher who was just trying to catalog galaxies when she came across a faint green glow when she was observing one galaxy. She asked a couple astronomers what it may be but no one knew so they applied for some Hubble time in order to take closer look. It began to get more and more attention and more telescopes began to turn to observe this phenomenon. This shows that you don’t have to be an astronomer in order to make discoverys and that anyone can do it.
I think that this discovery is really cool because many things but probably the most exciting thing about this is the way it was discovered. It was first found by a dutch school teacher who was just trying to catalog galaxies when she came across a faint green glow when she was observing one galaxy. She asked a couple astronomers what it may be but no one knew so they applied for some Hubble time in order to take closer look. It began to get more and more attention and more telescopes began to turn to observe this phenomenon. This shows that you don’t have to be an astronomer in order to make discoverys and that anyone can do it.
So I'm confused. No surprise there. But the galaxy that had that Qusar, how many lightyears away from the... erm... green blob was it?
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