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ScienceDaily: Top Technology News

ScienceDaily: Top Technology News


Hubble sees the messy result of a galactic collision

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 09:39 AM PDT

A new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures an ongoing cosmic collision between two galaxies -- a spiral galaxy is in the process of colliding with a lenticular galaxy. The collision looks almost as if it is popping out of the screen in 3-D, with parts of the spiral arms clearly embracing the lenticular galaxy's bulge.

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