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The halo of gas surrounding the neighboring galaxy Andromeda would be the largest object in the sky if it were visible. Photo and illustration: NASA, ESA, and E. Wheatley (STScI)

The Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a huge halo around the Andromeda galaxy

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"Understanding the nature of the vast halos of gas surrounding galaxies is extremely important," explained co-researcher Samantha Barak of Yale University. "This reservoir of gas will serve as fuel for future star formation within the galaxy. It also absorbs gas remnants from supernova explosions"
This image of the spiral galaxy NGC 3981 was taken by the FORS2 instrument on ESO's VLT. The galaxy NGC 3981 is located in the southern constellation Crater, about 65 million light-years from Earth. Photo: ESO

The galaxy photographed by the world's largest telescope just because of its beauty

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The Sunflower Galaxy - M63 as photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope. Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA

Hubble took a picture of the "Galaxy of the Bun"

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The pair of galaxies M81 and M82 as photographed by the WISE space telescope

New details about the galactic pair M81 and M82

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NGC 3982. Photo: Hubble Space Telescope

A galaxy whose arms are dotted with star forming regions

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The spiral galaxy IC 342. Photo: WISE Space Telescope

The hidden galaxy

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The not-so-distant relative of the Milky Way

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A rare type of spiral galaxy was photographed in detail by Hubble

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Project 365 - a marathon of galaxies in the Virgo cluster

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Project 365 - counting to 100: three exemplary spiral galaxies

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Hubble watched a cannibalistic galaxy

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Act in two galaxies - Andromeda and the Milky Way

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New light on an old spiral galaxy

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