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Space potato? 🥔

Thanks to observations from Hubble and the Keck Observatory, astronomers were able to generate a 3D model of the galaxy M87.

By tracking the motion of stars around the galaxy’s center, they determined that the galaxy is potato-shaped: https://go.nasa.gov/3MFV16L
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Giant Galaxy Seen In 3D by NASA's Hubble and Keck Observatory

For the first time, astronomers have measured the three-dimensional shape of one of the biggest and closest elliptical galaxies to us, M87.
Andrea Gianopoulos (NASA)
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in reply to NASA

RD
RD
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That's clearly a melon, what's wrong with these astronomers, geez.

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