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Hidden in Plain Sight: faint galaxy discovered in our local universe through far ultraviolet imaging

At pib.gov.in, researchers have discovered a faint but star-forming galaxy, around 136 million light-years away which was so far undetected since it lies in front of a much brighter galaxy, The galaxy has a ‘ghost’ like appearance in the optical images because of its low disk density, but the inner disk shows star formation. The…

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