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Hubble telescope captures spectacular image of spiral galaxy

Hubble telescope captures spectacular image of spiral galaxy

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The Hubble Space Telescope captured this spectacular image of the spiral galaxy NGC 1961 featuring glittering blue regions of young, bright stars dotting the landscape of the galaxy’s dusty spiral arms. NGC 1961 is located about 180 million light-years away in the constellation Camelopardalis. It is classified as an intermediate spiral galaxy and as an […]

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Gemini North telescope captures brilliant image of two galaxies merging

Gemini North telescope captures brilliant image of two galaxies merging

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The Gemini North telescope in Hawai’i captured this brilliant image of a pair of spiral galaxies interacting as they clash and merge into each other. NGC 4568 (bottom) and NGC 4567 (top) are entangled in their mutual gravitational fields and should eventually combine to form a single elliptical galaxy in around 500 million years. Gemini […]

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