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Astronomers spot 1 of the most powerful 'sonic booms' in the universe as massive galaxy crashes into its neighbors
"This type of galaxy collision in Stephan's Quintet is a rare chance to see a complex set of galaxies caught in the act of colliding," Arnaudova said. "As to how it will end up, well it's likely ...
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WEAVE's view of Stephan's Quintet (IMAGE)
WEAVE data overlaid on a James Webb Space Telescope image of Stephan's Quintet, with green contours ... which is 36 kpc wide (similar in size to our own galaxy, the Milky Way).
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Stephan’s Quintet. (IMAGE)
The galaxy to the left, NGC 7320, lies to the foreground, 54 million light years away. Looking carefully, one can see many individual stars in the image of NGC 7320. Knowledge of the properties of ...