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Hubble captures remarkable images of two spiral galaxies ‘overlapping’

Hubble captures remarkable images of two spiral galaxies ‘overlapping’

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The Hubble Space Telescope has captured this beautiful image of two spiral galaxies seemingly overlapping in the sky. SDSS J115331 and LEDA 2073461, the two galaxies in the image, lie more than a billion light-years away from our planet. Even though it looks like both the galaxies are colliding in the image, the two galaxies […]

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Hubble captures a galactic gem: Image of a beautiful galaxy merger

Hubble captures a galactic gem: Image of a beautiful galaxy merger

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Sometimes, in the depths of space, entire galaxies can merge and collide with each other, throwing out dust and debris that will lead to the creation of new stars. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured such an event: the CGCG 396-2 galaxy merger, which is an uncommon multi-armed galaxy merger that is 520 million light-years […]

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