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Massive galactic merger is largest ever pile-up

Monday, 13 August 2007 by Christina Zdanowicz Cosmos Online Major merger: An illustration shows what the sky might look like from a hypothetical planet around a star tossed out of an ongoing four-way collision between big galaxies. This cosmic smash-up is the largest known galactic merger. While three of the galaxies are about the size of our Milky Way galaxy, the fourth (centre of image) is three times as big. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech