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The Cartwheel Galaxy (Cartwheel Galaxy , IRAS 00352-3359) — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

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The Cartwheel Galaxy

November 26, 1996 · ESA/Hubble · Cartwheel Galaxy , IRAS 00352-3359

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Researchers analyzing the Hubble Space Telescope's dramatic images of the Cartwheel galaxy have discovered immense comet-like clouds of gas speeding at nearly 700, 000 mph through the galaxy's core.