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Hubble images a complex galactic trio

This luminescent image contains several galaxies, the most noticeable of which is LEDA 58109, the lone galaxy in the upper right. LEDA 58109 is flanked to the lower left by two more galactic objects: SDSS J162558.14+435746.4, a galaxy with an active galactic nucleus (AGN)...

Hubble captures swirling galactic trio

The mass of dust and bright swirls of stars in this image are the distant galaxy merger IC 2431. It lies 681 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Cancer. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a triple galaxy merger in progress. It also captured a...