With so many galaxies in the universe, some are bound to astound us. Here are three of the most extreme galaxies scientists have discovered so far.
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Sources:
https://www.space.com/33850-weird-galaxy-is-mostly-dark-matter.html
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Duo of Titanic Galaxies Captured in Extreme Starbursting Merger
https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.09660
Images:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hubble_ultra_deep_field_high_rez_edit1.jpg
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1606.06291.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:M101_hires_STScI-PRC2006-10a.jpg
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NGC_2787.jpg
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ALMA_Antennas_on_Chajnantor.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Antennae_galaxies_xl.jpg