Galaxies Burn Bright Like High-Wattage Light Bulbs

NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA2012-08-29

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NASA WISE has identified about 1,000 extremely obscured objects over the sky, as marked by the magenta symbols. These hot dust-obscured galaxies, or hot DOGs, are turning out to be among the most luminous.

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Title: Galaxies Burn Bright Like High-Wattage Light Bulbs
Creator: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA
Date Created: 2012-08-29
Rights: JPL

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