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DescriptionNGC6240colide.jpg	English: This image of a pair of colliding galaxies called NGC 6240 shows them in a rare, short-lived phase of their evolution just before they merge into a single, larger galaxy.
Date	16 March 2009
Source	http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA11828
Author	NASA

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