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hey girl, are you an ULIRG? because you shine brighter than a trillion suns ✨

Arp 220 is an ultra-luminous infrared galaxy (ULIRG) that emits 300 times more light than the Milky Way. It also happens to glow brightest in infrared light, Webb's specialty: https://go.nasa.gov/3oef1TD
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Webb Captures the Spectacular Galactic Merger Arp 220

Shining like a brilliant beacon amidst a sea of galaxies, Arp 220 lights up the night sky in this view from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.
Isabelle Yan (NASA)
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