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August 15, 2016 in Galaxies: Hubble detects two dwarf galaxies coming out of isolation
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This color composite taken on Nov. 8, 2014 by the Hubble Space Telescope of Pisces B shows what the dwarf galaxy would look like to the naked eye – a faint cluster of blue stars surrounded by distant, brighter galaxies.
Credit: NASA, ESA, and E. Tollerud (STScI)

Hubble detects two dwarf galaxies coming out of isolation

by Laurel Kornfeld in Galaxies

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