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Smokin Hot Galaxy animation
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This infrared image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows a galaxy that appears to be sizzling hot, with huge plumes of smoke swirling around it. The galaxy is known as Messier 82 or the Cigar galaxy.
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Credit lineSmokin Hot Galaxy animation. NASA/JPL, 2006-03-16. Public domain. ID: PIA02917.
