Most galaxies in the universe are classified into
three forms: elliptical, disc-and usually flattened, and irregular spiral arms. That
is so strange Leda 074886, a dwarf galaxy that is about 70 million light years
from Earth is rectangular or, as astronomers have discovered, like a bright
emerald.
"It's one of those things that just make you smile because it should not
exist or, rather, did not expect to exist," says Alsiter Graham (Swinburne
University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia), lead researcher.