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• Hanny Van Arkel, a schoolteacher from the Netherlands, discovered a new astronomical object in space using the website Galaxy Zoo. The strange object has been called a "cosmic ghost" and is also nicknamed "Hanny's Voorwerp." The mysterious object is made of hot gas and is illuminated by remnant light.

• Fast Facts

  1. Mass of glowing gas in space found by Hanny Van Arkel
  2. Arkel was using the astronomical research website Galaxy Zoo
  3. Arkel posted the discovery on the site's forum
  4. Object was nicknamed "Hanny's Voorwerp;" Voorwerp is Dutch for "object"
  5. Also called a "cosmic ghost"
  6. Scientists from around the globe began investigating the object
  7. Description: A bright gaseous mass with a whole in the middle
  8. Glows green
  9. Does not contain stars
  10. NASA's Hubble telescope will send images of the object

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  Hanny Van Arkel | Galaxy Zoo | NASA | Hubble Space Telescope | How to Become an Astronomer

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