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Astronomers are celebrating the completion of a 2.5-billion-pixel panoramic picture of the entire Andromeda Galaxy. The team includes several UC Santa Cruz researchers who made significant ...

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The Hubble Telescope has spotted an unusual spiral galaxy – 76 million light-years away – that resembles an eye ...