Hubble Telescope Sees Galaxy Spill Its 'Guts' in Space (Video, Images)

A distant spiral galaxy is leaving behind much of its gas as it shoves its way through its parent galactic cluster. The result will be fatal, as the galaxy will lose most of the fuel it requires for star formation.

Hubble Telescope Sees Galaxy Spill Its 'Guts' in Space (Video, Images)
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has once again shown itself to be a crack investigator, recently capturing a distant spiral galaxy in the process of spilling its cosmic guts.

The new Hubble images reveal the deadly passage of ESO 137-001 through a region of gas inside of a cluster of galaxies, with opposing forces causing the spiral to leave a large portion of its innards trailing behind. "This cluster is violently ripping the spiral’s entrails out into space, leaving bright blue streaks as telltale clu...

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