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    Galaxy IC 1727 (pictured here) and galaxy NGC 672 (out of frame) are close neighbors — so close, in fact, IC 1727 is completely warped due to gravity from the two galaxies pushing and pulling against one another. The pair of interacting galaxies are also a hotbed for starbursts and star clusters.
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    This is two photos of Titan, Saturn’s moon, taken by the Cassini spacecraft. Cassini boasts a host of cameras and instruments that examine Titan’s hydrocarbon haze as well as its fluid atmosphere. The left is a natural color view and the right is a false-color view, revealing a strip of white clouds.
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    This is dubbed a jellyfish galaxy due to its long “tentacles” of gas. This happens because of ram pressure stripping, which is when gravity causes galaxies to plummet into galaxy clusters. There they run into hot, dense gas that blasts through the galaxy sending gas streaming out and setting off starbursts. Ram pressure stripping also feeds the hungry supermassive black hole in the galaxy’s center and makes it shine brightly. There are only 400 known jellyfish galaxies in the universe.
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    Citizens scientists captured another stunning shot of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot using the JunoCAm on NASA’s Juno spacecraft.
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    This is another shot of Saturn’s moon Titan, showcasing its hazy atmosphere.
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    This shot of Saturn reveals the planet's many and varied bands of clouds. The turbulence is where clouds moving at varying speeds and directions meet.
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