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DAZZLING DESTRUCTION

An unusual triangular region of frenzied star formation blossoms following a head-on collision of two galaxies

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE, 22 FEBRUARY 2022

The two ‘eyes’ in this image are two galaxies left with dramatically different injuries after a direct collision millennia ago. On the left is elliptical NGC 2444, an indistinct haze of gas and dust and mostly

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