Hubble, Gemini Spot 'Hyperactive' Stars in Small, Young Galaxies

We all know youngsters are a handful, but this really takes the cake: astronomers have clocked the speeds of stars in infant galaxies at about a million miles an hour, about twice the pace of our Sun's cruise through the Milky Way.

The small galaxies date to 11 billion years ago, when the universe was just a couple billion years old. Their stars, astronomers say, are buzzing and whirling at head-spinning rates.

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