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Above, a deep optical image of Arp 220, located 250 million light years away in the constellation Serpens. New tidal debris is seen as the southern extension. Below, a new image of the Antennae galaxies in the constellation Corvus, 65 million light years from Earth, shows new tidal debris at the northern tip.
STONY BROOK (US)—An international team of astronomers has found and photographed enormous fields of debris floating in deep space—remnants of violent galactic collisions that took place hundreds of millions of years ago. Continue…
