Galactic Cauldron | Space Wallpaper

Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 12:33 in Astronomy & Space

As galaxies speed through gigantic cauldrons, they occasionally jumble the gas and forge it into lop-sided shapes. An example is revealed in this space wallpaper, which is a composite image of the galaxy group NGC 5044.

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