Thursday, 20 April 2023

SuperBIT Sees Colliding Antennae Galaxies


This view of the Antennae Galaxies, two large galaxies colliding 60 million light-years away, is one of the first research images from the Super Pressure Balloon Imaging Telescope (SuperBIT) that launched on a scientific super pressure balloon April 16, 2023 (local time New Zealand). via NASA https://ift.tt/pjJPEti
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