Whirlpool Galaxy (IMAGE)

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Whirlpool Galaxy

Caption

Image of the Whirlpool galaxy, or M51. X-ray light seen by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is shown in purple, and optical light from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is red, green and blue. The ultraluminous X-ray source, or ULX, in the new Caltech-led study is indicated.

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NASA/CXC/Caltech/M.Brightman et al.; Optical: NASA/STScI

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