A bright star within our Milky Way galaxy photobombed a beautiful new image of a distant galaxy with "patchy" spiral arms.

NGC 4536 is also considered a starburst galaxy, as it is undergoing an exceptionally high rate of star formation compared to the average rate observed in most other galaxies. The ionized hydrogen ...

At the same time, M94 is also known as a starburst galaxy. Due to its relatively close proximity, astronomers can study the causes of the rapid star formation occurring in M94 in greater detail.