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Extended Lyman Alpha Emitter Merging

Caption: An extended Lyman alpha emitting galaxy which shows evidence of merging, 12 billion light years from Earth, as imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys.

Credit: NASA, ESA, Caryl Gronwall/Penn State

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