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The image shows the supermassive black hole that lies at the heart of our galaxy about 26,000 light-years away.

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There are a wealth of spiral galaxies in this view, too, including the face-on galaxy in the left corner. Others are angled ...

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The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a spiral galaxy under the "ram pressure" inside a massive cluster of galaxies.

They sold their house and their belongings on the east side of ... exclusive view reserved for park rangers. The same goes for those dark skies lit up with clear views of the Milky Way and ...