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Monday, February 27, 2012

Get your own space! Amazing image of five squabbling galaxies packed tightly together in one corner of the universe

With all that space out there, you would think these galaxies would find a corner of their own.

But in the first known example of a compact galaxy group, this stunning image shows five galaxies - four bright yellow spots and one that is wispy blue - packed tightly together in one corner of the universe.

And it's a proximity the galaxies are not happy with, becoming embroiled in high-speed collisions that rip stars and gas from each others' atmospheres.

Galaxies packed together

Out of this world: This stunning picture shows five galaxies packed together. Four of the five - which bear a yellow hue - are part of an interacting group that often crash violently into each other. The blue galaxy is more than 200 million light-years from the others

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2106890/Get-space-Amazing-shot-galaxies-packed-corner-universe.html

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