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Samantha Mathewson

Distorted galaxy whizzes through crowded cluster in new Hubble Telescope image

A blue and dark red misty galaxy in space, among many stars and other galaxies.

A vibrant spiral galaxy appears to be whizzing through space as if it were launched out of a cosmic cannon.  

The galaxy, IC 3225, is located about 100 million light-years from Earth and is a member of a large group of galaxies known as the Virgo Cluster. A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures IC 3225 with a comet-like tail of gas streaming from the galaxy's central disk as it travels speedily past its galactic neighbors.  

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