Extremely Bright and Extremely Rare

NASA's image library records Extremely Bright and Extremely Rare.

WHY IT’S INTERESTING

This image zooms in on the region around the first hot DOG red object in magenta circle, discovered by NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. Hot DOGs are hot dust-obscured galaxies.

SERENDIPITYA little unexpected

FamiliarWeird

A CLOSER LOOK

This image zooms in on the region around the first hot DOG red object in magenta circle, discovered by NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. Hot DOGs are hot dust-obscured galaxies.

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FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE

NASA Image and Video LibraryExtremely Bright and Extremely Rare

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