carita_miles
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Get a load of this.
Together with irregular galaxies, spiral galaxies make up approximately 60 percent of the galaxies in the local universe. However, despite their prevalence, each spiral galaxy is unique—like snowflakes, no two are alike. This is demonstrated by the striking face-on spiral galaxy NGC 6814, whose luminous nucleus and spectacular sweeping arms, rippled with an intricate pattern of dark dust, are captured in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image.
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Wolfwood29
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Every galaxy seems to think it's a special snowflake.
It makes sense - galaxies are made up of stars and gas clouds that have pulled together through gravity. Space probably wasn't homogeneous right after the big bang so of course the galaxies wouldn't all pull together in uniform or even similar patterns.
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