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Samantha Mathewson

New Hubble Telescope image captures peculiar ring-shaped galaxy

A hazy and glowing galaxy with a slight ring around it in space.

A galaxy's outstretched arms form a nearly perfect circle around its central disk in a striking new image from the Hubble Space Telescope.

The barred spiral galaxy, formally known as MCG+07-07-072, is located in the Perseus Cluster about 320 million light-years from Earth. The galaxy has thin, loosely wound arms emerging from the ends of its barred core, creating a rather unusual shape, according to a statement from NASA. 

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