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SWBTATTReg

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7. Interesting! Looks like the results of two galaxies colliding in the past, slowly merging into ...

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 10, 2019, 11:52 AM

Apr 2019

one mega galaxy. I read the article, didn't see any speculation on why there were two long trailers of stars on both sides of the main mass of stars (front and back). Thanks for posting. NASA has always got tons of stuff to look at that's really neat.

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Hell or God's Eye? [View all] MineralMan Apr 2019 OP

Here's a link to NASA's page on the discovery: MineralMan Apr 2019 #1

I like this image more. Delmette2.0 Apr 2019 #2

Yes. It does do a better job of showing the overview, MineralMan Apr 2019 #3

Interesting! Looks like the results of two galaxies colliding in the past, slowly merging into ... SWBTATTReg Apr 2019 #7

Here's a video that zooms in on this discovery. MineralMan Apr 2019 #4

That is so amazing. Delmette2.0 Apr 2019 #5

A now-banned poster once tried to equate belief in black holes with belief in god. Act_of_Reparation Apr 2019 #6

The idea that all things unproven are equal is dum as day old dogshit Major Nikon Apr 2019 #8

The word "proven" is pretty useless in both areas. MineralMan Apr 2019 #9

... Major Nikon Apr 2019 #10

LOL! MineralMan Apr 2019 #11