Monday, November 07, 2011

Stellar Extremophiles

Source - NASA Science News for Nov. 7, 2011

A NASA space telescope named "GALEX" has found stars forming in extreme galactic environments, places where researchers thought stars should not be. The finding could affect astronomy much as the discovery of microbial extremophiles affected biology in the 1970s.

FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/07nov_stellarextremophiles/

The companion video below can also be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k-XgLi1KgA

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