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.
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Mass of glowing gas in space found by Hanny Van Arkel
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Arkel was using the astronomical research website Galaxy Zoo
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Arkel posted the discovery on the site's forum
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Object was nicknamed "Hanny's Voorwerp;" Voorwerp is Dutch for "object"
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Also called a "cosmic ghost"
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Scientists from around the globe began investigating the object
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Description
A bright gaseous mass with a whole in the middle
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Glows green
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Does not contain stars
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