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Messier 87 Galaxy has Swallowed another Galaxy

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Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) have discovered a gigantic galaxy phenomenon. New observations with ESO’s Very Large Telescope have revealed that the giant elliptical galaxy...

Astronomer Confirms Cold River Of Hydrogen Flowing Into Galaxy’s Hungry Maw

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There are many more things in outer space that humans can’t see than those they can detect and one phenomenon that has been impossible to find until now is the stream of hydrogen that feeds galaxies...

Astronomers Still Puzzle Over ‘Low Surface Brightness’ Galaxies

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Our own Milky Way and Andromeda, its nearest spiral neighbor, are stunningly beautiful examples of High Surface Brightness (HSB) galaxies. Both grand spirals represent the sort of brilliantly-...