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    WLDaywalker: God doesn't play dice with the universe...but it appears she does play pool. Barred spiral galaxy, left corner pocket; barred spiral galaxy right cor... more »
    FrankenPC: Holy carp. The only thing more astounding is the collision of two dwarf stars at near the speed of light. Talk about clacking your nutz together. more »
    CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): Nice...whilst im on here. What is with the grey/black text system. Ive got bad eyesight as it is. I cant read fuck all. Secondly, whats with the star ... more »
    acrobatic rabbit: a galactic collision that looks like a cack 'n balls. space pron indeed. more »
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    One Galaxy Smashes Into Four Others At 2 Million Miles Per Hour

    Stephan's Quintet sounds like the name of a nice jazz group, but this galactic cluster, discovered 250 years ago, is actually one galaxy passing through four others at nearly 2 million miles per hour. Hence the long tails. [Chandra Observatory]
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    Murdered Galaxy Gets A Double-Halo Memorial

    See that cool pattern around this edge-on spiral galaxy, NGC 5907? The one that sort of looks like two halos? Those are the only remains of another galaxy, which NGC 5907 slaughtered in cold blood. (Or maybe cold dark matter?) We've shown you galaxies colliding before, but here's an arresting look at the aftermath of one of those galactic hit-and-runs, courtesy of the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias. These "stellar fossils," or "ghost galaxies," result from the spiral galaxy's collision with a dwarf galaxy, which it mostly absorbed. Click through to see a bigger image, plus a look at NGC 4013's "ghost trail." More »