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Bigger Galaxy Eats Smaller Neighbor

Posted by michael on Friday October 25, 2002 @03:56AM from the tastes-like-chicken dept.

Mr.Happy3050 writes "CNN is reporting here that the large galaxy Centarus A absorbed a smaller neighboring galaxy 200-400 million years ago. The absorption created a line of blue stars thousand of light-years across."

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And the new galaxy... by bobdotorg · 2002-10-25 05:24 · Score: 1, Offtopic

...will be known as MS Galaxy.

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Re:The trouble with those little galaxies by Chiggy_Von_Richtoffe · 2002-10-25 09:35 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Galactacus? is that you, it's me Norand Rand!