Cosmic Bird? Triple Cosmic Collision Of Galaxies Stuns Astronomers

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Cosmic Bird? Triple Cosmic Collision Of Galaxies Stuns Astronomers

Using ESO's Very Large Telescope, astronomers have discovered and imaged a stunning rare case of a triple merger of galaxies. This system, which astronomers have dubbed "The Bird" -- albeit it also bears resemblance with a cosmic Tinker Bell -- is composed of two massive spiral galaxies and a third irregular galaxy.


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