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Galactic Pile-Up Artist Concept
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About this work
This artist concept illustrates one of the largest smash-ups of galaxies ever observed. NASA Spitzer Space Telescope spotted the four galaxies shown here yellow blobs in the process of tangling and ultimately merging into a single gargantuan galaxy.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineGalactic Pile-Up Artist Concept. NASA/JPL, 2007-08-06. Public domain. ID: PIA09957.
