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Whale of a Galaxy
20 January 2010
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Credit: NASA & ESA and J. Dalcanton and B. Williams (University of Washington, Seattle)
This galactic whale is actually a spiral galaxy. But in this image of NGC 2976 from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, it sure doesn’t look like one.
Grand Galaxy
14 January 2010
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Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Here on Earth, we have a perfect seat to look on at the sweeping, grand design of spiral galaxy M81.
Galactic Starburst
15 October 2009
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Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
This galaxy appears to be bursting at the seams. The Starburst Galaxy, also called M82 and NGC 3034, shows a bright blue disk surrounded by wispy dark streams of dust and plumes of glowing hydrogen streaking out of its center. M82 is considered by astronomers to be an irregular galaxy because it has no definite shape.
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