
September 9, 2013 The Cigar Galaxy, a starburst galaxy in Ursa Major Image Credit: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team STScI/AURA) Acknowledgment: J. Gallagher (University of Wisconsin), M. Mountain (STScI) and P. Puxley (NSF) Messier 82 (also known as the Cigar Galaxy, NGC 3034 or Arp 337) is an edge-on spiral galaxy that lies [continue reading]