Hanny Van Arkel, a 25-year-old schoolteacher, discovered a unidentifiable gaseous blob that astronomers have called a unique cosmic event. The green blob may have gotten its energy from the light coming from a quasar, which is radiation emitted from a gigantic black hole. Known as a Voorwerp, which is Dutch for "object", the object is one-of-a-kind.
It's crazy to think a schoolteacher discovered the unique cosmic object using Galaxy Zoo, a website that classifies galaxies found in images from telescopes. The discovery demonstrates the universe has amazing things to show us.
(Originally reported by the BBC.)
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