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Galaxies in the River: NGC 1300 and NGC 1297

By |2026-03-21T16:44:27-04:00March 21st, 2026|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day Spiral NGC 1300 and elliptical NGC 1297 are galaxies that lie on the banks of the southern constellation Eridanus (The River). At 70 million light-years distant or more, both are members of the Eridanus Galaxy Cluster. About 100,000 light-years across, at lower left in this sharp, galaxy group photo NGC [...]

Arp 142: Interacting Galaxies from Webb

By |2024-07-30T09:09:25-04:00July 30th, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day To some, it looks like a penguin. But to people who study the universe, it is an interesting example of two big galaxies interacting. Just a few hundred million years ago, the upper NGC 2936 was likely a normal spiral galaxy: spinning, creating stars, and minding its own business. Then [...]

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