The Antennae Galaxies move closer
Monday, May 12, 2008 - 08:07
in Astronomy & Space
New research on the Antennae Galaxies using the Advanced Camera for Surveys onboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows that this benchmark pair of interacting galaxies is in fact much closer than previously thought - 45 million light-years instead of 65 million light-years. read more
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