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This image of a pair of interacting galaxies called Arp 273 was taken by the NAS…

This image of a pair of interacting galaxies called Arp 273 was taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The distorted shape of the larger of the two galaxies shows signs of tidal interactions with the smaller of the two. It is thought that the smaller galaxy has actually passed through the larger one. See http://spacetelescope.org/images/heic1107a/