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Star Struck: Local Man May Have Helped Discover New Galaxy

A college research project gives a Chippewa Falls native an out of this world experience.

Luke Hunt is a senior at UW-Madison majoring in astronomy and math. During a research class, using the world’s largest radio telescope, he and his classmates stumbled upon what could be an unknown galaxy. More research is needed, but so far, the data has everyone looking up.