WISE Beholds a Pair of Dancing Galaxies

NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA2011-01-13

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This image from NASA Wide-Field Infrared Explorer features two stunning galaxies engaged in an intergalactic dance. The galaxies, Messier 81 and Messier 82, swept by each other a few hundred million years ago.

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Title: WISE Beholds a Pair of Dancing Galaxies
Creator: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA
Date Created: 2011-01-13
Rights: JPL

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