• By Charlie Jane Anders
    Feb 28, 2008 6:30 AM 1,101
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    Mice In Space!

    Two galaxies smash into each other — and extreme cuteness results! These galaxies, in the process of colliding, have created "tails" of gas and baby stars that make them look like little mice. Doing a little mouse do-si-do. They're in the constellation of Coma Berenices 300 million light-years away, and scientists believe they will eventually merge into another one of those mega-galaxies. Click through to watch an animated movie of the space mice dancing and then joining together.

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