Galactic serial killer
Munich, Germany (SPX) Apr 04, 2014 - Several clues in the structure of NGC 1316 reveal that its past was turbulent. For instance, it has some unusual dust lanes embedded within a much larger envelope of stars, and a population of unusually small globular star clusters. These suggest that it may have already swallowed a dust-rich spiral galaxy about three billion years ago. Also seen around the galaxy are very faint tidal tail ... more
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