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Distant swirling galaxy dwarfed by violent star killer

ALL FED UP  NGC 1316 (left) has become the giant monster it is today because of collisions with other galaxies. 

ESO

By Christopher Crockett

- More than 2 years ago

Sixty million light-years from Earth in the Fornax constellation, two neighboring galaxies have very different histories. The smaller galaxy, NGC 1317 (right), is an unremarkable spiral, not much different from the Milky Way.