Hubble Shows New Images of 'Black Eye' Galaxy

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Hubble Shows New Images of 'Black Eye' Galaxy





WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Hubble Space Telescope (news - web sites) has snapped a new image of the "Black Eye" galaxy, so named because an ancient cosmic smashup produced a dark ring and a roiling, conflicted interior.

What looks like a black eye in the Hubble picture is actually a dark band of dust that stands out vividly in front of the galaxy's bright nucleus, Hubble scientists said in a statement on Thursday.

The galaxy is officially known as M64, but astronomers have nicknamed it the "Black Eye" or "Evil Eye" galaxy.

In some earlier images, the "Black Eye" appears to be a fairly normal spiral galaxy. And as happens in most galaxies, all the stars in M64 are rotating in the same direction.

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Hubble Shows New Images of 'Black Eye' Galaxy

[Terwilliger]

1. It's like "dark matter" glaze on a simple spiral galaxy

[Terwilliger]

2. they should put up this picture

and compare this discovery to the prospects of sending men to the Moon and Mars, compared to the value of Hubble

[arcane1]

5. A-effin-MEN!

but the Hubble isn't much use to the 'defense' industry, and is a godless anti-christian refuter of creationism :silly:

[cprise]

4. More like blackberry jam on a frosted bun

You see 'dark matter', I see sugary and fruity.

:D

[Dudley_DUright]

3. Wow

Now that is a lot of dust. Good thing we don't live in that galaxy. Astronomy would be really boring with all that dust obscuring the view. God needs to get out her dust buster! Seriously, the science coming out of the Hubble is still world class and saving the Hubble would be worth every penny.