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Ring It On: W. M. Keck Observatory Data Hits a Galactic Bullseye
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island and NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have captured a cosmic bullseye! The gargantuan galaxy LEDA 1313424 is rippling with nine star-filled rings after an “arrow” — a far smaller blue dwarf galaxy — shot through its heart. Astronomers using Hubble identified eight visible rings, more…