Merging Antennae Galaxies Move Closer
Friday, May 9, 2008 - 10:21
in Astronomy & Space
New research on the Antennae Galaxies 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.
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