A team of scientists from American universities have discovered a galaxy, which gives rise to two stars, that is, more than our galaxy - the milky way in a year. The phenomenon was discovered by space x-ray Observatory, NASA "Chandra".

Found the galaxy is from Earth at a distance of 5.7 billion light-years and is a cluster of other star systems. Astronomers emphasize that some galaxies of different type and age capable of producing more of the heavenly bodies. However, the one that was open, is not a string and existing theories cannot produce as many stars.

But not only this surprised the scientists. Age "findings" - about six billion years. Usually at this stage, galaxies do not produce anything. Experts call them "red and dead" (because they are dominated by the so-called red long-established cold stars). But this, according to the head of research scientist at mit Michael McDonald, somehow came back to life.

As it happened, only to be seen. While these abilities this cluster of galaxies was named Phoenix" in honor of the bird that rises from the ashes. "This is extraordinary news. This extends our understanding of" - said the journal Nature, one of the participants of the project Ryan Foley.

The mass of the Phoenix exceeds the implied mass of the milky way in two thousand times. On the production speed of the stars in this galaxy has surpassed the previous record - Abell 1835, which produced up to 100 stars per year. In addition, scientists have marveled at how quickly the accumulation cooled gas, as well as the luminosity of the galaxy in the infrared spectrum.

Data from "Chandra" also indicate that in the center of the Phoenix is a black hole, whose weight in 20 billion times the mass of the Sun, while it is growing rapidly, according to ITAR-TASS. The experts assure that this growth cannot last more than 100 million years.