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Image of the Day: The Virgo Cluster --"Proof of the Cosmic Thread Connecting Us to the Vast Expanse of the Universe"

25 Jun 2012, 17:30 UTC
Image of the Day: The Virgo Cluster --"Proof of the Cosmic Thread Connecting Us to the Vast Expanse of the Universe"
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The image above shows unusually large halos for the brightest galaxies as well as unusual faint streams of stars connecting galaxies of the Virgo Cluster that previously appeared unrelated. The cluster is a mixture of some 1300 spiral and elliptical...

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