The galaxy was found with the help of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope in a filament (purple area) connecting two massive islands of galaxies.
The little dots in the diagram are other galaxies.
The twin jets of material are bending backwards as they sweep through the hot gas in the filament. Image credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech
Astronomers have caught sight of an unusual galaxy that has illuminated new details about a celestial "sandbar" connecting two massive islands of galaxies.
The research was conducted in part with NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
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