A galaxy spinning out of sync
Image: ESA
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A new Hubble Space Telescope image captures NGC 4698, a spiral galaxy about 55 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. It belongs to the Virgo Cluster, which contains over one thousand galaxies bound by gravity, and shows spiral arms curling around a thin disc with a bright central bulge.
Though the spiral galaxy in this new image by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope seems serene, it hides a chaotic secret. This galaxy is NGC 4698, and it lies about 55 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. It’s one of over one thousand galaxies in the Virgo Cluster, the nearest large cluster of galaxies bound together by gravity.
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