NASA, the US space agency, discovered the brightest galaxy in the universe, which emits light equivalent to 300 trillion suns. The news was disclosed in the publication “Astrophysical Journal” by the team led by Chao-Wei Tsai astronomer.
The Wise J224607.57-052635.0 part of the group Extremely Luminous Infrared Galaxies (Elirg), consisting of 209 very bright galaxies
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The galaxy was found through the space telescope Wise and was named Wise J224607.57-052635.0. It is part of Luminous Infrared Galaxies Extremely group (Elirg), consisting of 209 very bright galaxies.
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The light of the star system is generated from a black hole that is in major inside. It attracts gases, dust and the rest of the story to a disc in his back, warming to temperatures of millions of degrees and explodes, releasing energy ultraviolet and x-rays. This light is blocked by dust balls that, when heated, loosen the infrared radiation visible through the telescope.
The light of Wise J224607.57-052635.0 took about 12.5 billion years to reach Earth, which means that the galaxy was formed when the universe was still relatively new , about 13.8 billion years.
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