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9 years ago

The Hubble Space telescope just sent back a new photo of the Twin Jet Nebula. Here’s what it looked like in 1997:

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And now …

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Whoa. But wait, we also got an updated image of the merging galaxies NGC 6240. What it looked like in 2008:

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And today:

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Science, you’re the best. Oh, and the explanation behind those merging galaxies and their black holes is wild.

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nasa black holes Hubble lemill up in space colliding galaxies Twin Jet Nebula ngc6240
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