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class="content__text" Like Dionne Warwick sang, “now we seem to be like two ships passing in the night,” these overlapping galaxies are just passing by each other without interacting. While they appear destined for a merger, the galaxies are actually quite far apart from each other. They only appear overlapped from Hubble’s view in Earth’s orbit. SDSS J115331 and LEDA 2073461 lie more than a billion light-years away from Earth. #Hubble #galaxies #JustPassingThrough #space Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, W. Keel. ALT TEXT: On a black star-filled background, two small spiral galaxies overlap each other in the center. The left one is orange and appears to be angled away from Earth. The one on the right has defined spiral arms in white and orange and appear straight on to our view. The pair take up only about an eighth of the image, at its center.On a black star-filled background, two small spiral galaxies overlap each other in the center. The left one is orange and appears to be angled away from Earth. The one on the right has defined spiral arms in white and orange and appear straight on to our view. The pair take up only about an eighth of the image, at its center.

February 19, 2023