Hubble telescope catches green blob in space

WASHINGTON The glowing green form was actually giving birth to new stars in remote areas of the universe where stars don't normally form.

Parts of the blob were collapsing and that pressure caused stars to form outside a normal galaxy.

The blob is mostly hydrogen gas and is about the size of the Milky Way galaxy.

The blob of gas was first discovered by a Dutch school teacher in 2007 and is named Hanny's Voorwerp.

NASA released the new Hubble photo Monday at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Seattle.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.