NASA's Hubble space telescope spots hazy galaxy with surprising features

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a galaxy about 50 million light-years away that holds some surprises, the agency said, reported Xinhua.

The galaxy, named Messier 85, contains some 400 billion stars, most of which are very old. However, the central region hosts a population of relatively young stars of just a few billion years in age, according to NASA.

These stars are thought to have formed in a late burst of star formation, likely triggered as the galaxy merged with another galaxy over 4 billion years ago.

Messier 85 has another potentially strange quality. Almost every galaxy is thought to have a supermassive black hole at its center, but based on measurements of the velocities of stars in this galaxy, it is unclear whether Messier 85 contains such a black hole, said NASA.