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Previous encounters between the two galaxies have distorted their earlier shapes and left them conne
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Chandra Observatory
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Right #now Chandra is observing a pair of galaxies known collectively as Arp 269. Previous encounters between the two galaxies have distorted their earlier shapes and left them connected by a stream of stars and other material spanning more than 24,000 light years.✨
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It really is beautiful.
But then again, I'm a hopeless romantic. 
