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Blue blobs are clusters of stars outside galaxies that are possibly formed from gas collisions and subsequent turbulence. On January 2008, the Hubble space telescope detected these clusters among three colliding galaxies. ^[1]

External links

Article at Space.com
Star-formation in the HI bridge between M81 and M82, preprint by Duilia F. de Mello, et al

References

^ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/02/

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	'''Blue blobs''' are clusters of [[star]]s outside galaxies that are possibly formed from gas collisions and subsequent turbulence~~. [[Astronomer]]s call them such because they appear brilliantly blue in ultraviolet light~~. On January 2008, the [[Hubble space telescope]] detected these clusters among three colliding [[galaxy\|galaxies]].		'''Blue blobs''' are clusters of [[star]]s outside galaxies that are possibly formed from gas collisions and subsequent turbulence. On January 2008, the [[Hubble space telescope]] detected these clusters among three colliding [[galaxy\|galaxies]].
	<ref>http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/02/</ref>		<ref>http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/02/</ref>