Sunday, January 13, 2013

Largest Spiral galaxy

Summary: Astronomers have found the largest spiral galaxy quite by accident. It is big enough to contain five of our galaxy. NGC 6872 also had a collision with another galaxy in its history which can shine light on what happens in a galaxy collision.



BBC News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20981994

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