In A Constellation Far, Far Away, This Galaxy Is A Ruthless Cannibal Eating Its Neighbors
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Space is a ruthless place. An image captured by the Very Large Telescope in Chile has revealed a cluster of galaxies 65 million light years from Earth — and one of them is in cannibal, swallowing the others. The cannibal galaxy was found in the Fornax cluster, which contains a menagerie of galaxies of a variety of shapes and sizes. Fornax, which means “the furnace,” is a constellation in the Southern Hemisphere and includes 60 huge systems and 60 dwarfs, Space.com reported. In the middle of Fornax is a beast called NGC 1399, which is a cD galaxy — or cannibal. It has grown to its current size by eating its smaller counterparts; it does this through...