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Supersonic Comet-Like Objects (right) in Heart of the Cartwheel Galaxy (left)

Supersonic Comet-Like Objects (right) in Heart of the Cartwheel Galaxy (left)

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Credit: Curt Struck and Philip Appleton (Iowa State University), Kirk Borne (Hughes STX Corporation), and Ray Lucas (Space Telescope Science Institute), and NASA

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