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 Zooming in on outer space [1]

Clear pictures of a galaxy colliding with another smaller one and spewing trails of stars, billowing pillars of dust and enormous gas fields splashed with different hues: the Hubble Space Telescope, with its new camera, has produced the most spectacular images of the universe.

The two galaxies are 300 million light years from Earth and together they are known as ngc 4676. They are called

Publication Date: 
30/05/2002
Down to Earth [2]
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Astronomy [3], Space Technology [4], Research [5], Global [6]
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