Posted on Sep 10, 2022

The Hubble Space Telescope’s ‘galactic overlap’ image is truly stellar

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What could be better than one gleaming, spiral galaxy? Two. A new image of a “galactic overlap” from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the Galaxy Zoo citizen science project appears to show two dueling galaxies more than one billion light years away from Earth. For a closer look, there is a zoomable version of the image.

The Hubble Space Telescope’s ‘galactic overlap’ image is truly stellar

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SFC David Reid, M.S, PHR, SHRM-CP, DTM

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What a sight

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LTC Trent Klug

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That's a great image!

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SGT Mary G.

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Amazing photos. Looked at a lot of those links. The irregular galaxies are intriguing. They look merged and reforming into an inevitable shape that indicates spin.

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The Hubble Space Telescope’s ‘galactic overlap’ image is truly stellar

The Hubble Space Telescope’s ‘galactic overlap’ image is truly stellar

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