A team of astronomers has used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to survey the starburst galaxy Messier 82 (M82). Located 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major, this galaxy ...

These galaxies—which include the Cigar Galaxy M82 and NGC 253—form stars at rates 10 to 100 times faster than normal galaxies, usually triggered by external events, such as galaxy mergers ...