Image: Though the spiral galaxy in this new imageby the NASA/ESAHubble Space Telescopeseems serene, it hides a chaotic secret. This galaxy is NGC 4698, and it lies about 55 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. Its one of over one thousand galaxies in the Virgo Cluster, the nearest large cluster of galaxies bound together by gravity.As a spiral galaxy similar to our own Milky Way galaxy, NGC 4698 has spiral arms that curl around within a thin disc of stars, gas and dust. Its centr...
Image: Though the spiral galaxy in this new imageby the NASA/ESAHubble Space Telescopeseems serene, it hides a chaotic secret. This galaxy is NGC 4698, and it lies about 55 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. Its one of over one thousand galaxies in the Virgo Cluster, the nearest large cluster of galaxies bound together by gravity.As a spiral galaxy similar to our own Milky Way galaxy, NGC 4698 has spiral arms that curl around within a thin disc of stars, gas and dust. Its centr...
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