Billions of years ago, the universe was much more tightly bound; it held closer together. I mean, it’s not like galaxies didn’t like each other, but sometimes two would clash. That’s exactly what happened here. The center spiral galaxy, NGC 4485, was sideswiped by the smaller, brighter, yellow galaxy NGC 4490 hanging out at the …
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