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To: Telepathic Intruder

At first glance it reminds me of Saturn, its rings and a shepherd moon. I guess that’s not right. Pretty amazing gravitational forces at work to keep all that together.


10 posted on 02/18/2024 3:23:15 PM PST by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: telescope115

Picture it as like a pebble dropped in a pond, producing a circular wave. The ring structure is a temporary glimpse in time produce by the tidal disruption of another colliding galaxy. In a few more hundred million years it will look like any other galaxy again.


12 posted on 02/18/2024 9:51:37 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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