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NGC 3314A and NGC 3314B Pan Sequence (with Music)

This video pans across Hubble Space Telescope observations of NGC 3314A and NGC 3314B, a pair of galaxies in the constellation Hydra. While they might look like they are in the midst of a cosmic collision, they are in fact separated by tens of millions of light-years of space.

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Mar 28, 2025
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