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November 21, 2013 08:57 am GMT

Space Tricks Scientists Into Seeing Two Galaxies as One

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Two is better than one, especially when it comes to space.

Astronomers studying gas halos in galaxies thought they were looking at images of a single subject, but as it turns out, the photos actually show two perfectly aligned galaxies. Scientists found the hidden galaxy by combining radio and infrared data from three telescopes

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None of the three machines used could have detected the hidden galaxy alone, but when combined, scientists were able to study it.

"We're getting a nice scientific reward from the unexpected discovery of the background galaxy," Judith Irwin, an astronomy professor at Queen's University in Canada, said in a statement. Irwin is part of the international team that is studying the halos. Read more...

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