The Crescent Moon Moves from Morning to Evening, Planets Primarily in Pre-dawn, and the Lion Leads Spring Galaxies West!
This image of the Mice Galaxies (NGC 4676) obtained with the Hubble space Telescope. The two galaxies, 300 million light-years away from us, are in the process of merging, tugging on one another with gravity. Eventually, the stars will coalesce, likely into a far less interesting-looking elliptical galaxy. For now, the streams of stars extending…
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