Elliptical Galaxy after Merger (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Elliptical Galaxy after Merger

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This Hubble Space Telescope image shows and elliptical galaxy with dark, wispy dust lanes, the signature of a recent galaxy merger. A supernova was found flung far from this galaxy, a result of the merger producing a binary black hole.

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Photo courtesy NASA, ESA, and Ryan Foley

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