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Hubble Sees the Messy Result of a Galactic Collision

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This 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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