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Colossal Hot Cloud Envelops Colliding Galaxies

A pair of colliding spiral galaxies about 330 million light years from Earth.

04/30/13

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X-Ray View of A Thousand-Year-Old Cosmic Tapestry

A supernova remnant whose progenitor explosion was seen from Earth over a thousand years ago.

04/17/13

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Taken Under the "Wing" of the Small Magellanic Cloud

Young stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud, one of the closest galaxies to our Milky Way.

04/3/13

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