Hubble's Scary New Halloween Image
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has unveiled a spooky new image staring out from the depths of the cosmos. The new image reveals the twin galaxies AM 2026-424 — a pair of interacting galaxies that may foreshadow our Milky Way’s own frightening fate.
For more information, visit https://nasa.gov/hubble.
Music Credits:
"Bad and Spooky" by Brett Engel [ASCAP], Universal Production Music
“Scream Dreams” by Matthew Harris [PRS], Universal Production Music
Credits
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Technical support
- Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
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