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NASA’s Hubble Spots an Out-of-Sync Galaxy

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NASA’s Hubble Spots an Out-of-Sync Galaxy

NASA · Official source · Sep 18, 2026, 1:38 PM UTC

Though the spiral galaxy in this new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope seems serene, it hides a chaotic secret. This galaxy is NGC 4698, and it lies about 55 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. It’s one of over a thousand galaxies in the Virgo Cluster, the nearest large cluster of galaxies bound together by […]