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This 2009 handout image provided by NASA is a composite image ...

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This 2009 handout image provided by NASA is a composite image from a number of telescopes, including NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, which shows a space blob in both optical and infrared light. The blob is the yellow mass of gas. Inside it is an adolescent galaxy in white. The red spots are galaxies seen in the infrared spectrum. (AP Photo/ Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI/IoA, S.Chapman et al.; Lyman-alpha Optical: NAOJ/Subaru/Tohoku Univ., T.Hayashino et al.; Infrared: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Durham Univ., J. Geach et al.)