Space photo of the week: Hubble spies a 'cannonball galaxy' blasting through space

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Where it is: 100 million light-years away, in the constellation VirgoWhy it's so special: The spiral galaxy IC 3225 looks like it's going somewhere. At first glance, it may seem like any other large spiral galaxy, such as our Milky Way, with its bright, glowing center and faint dust scattered throughout. But all is not well in IC 3225. On one side is a spiral arm dense with new blue stars; on the other is a more diffuse, starless and generally chaotic region that looks like a tail.

A galaxy may be an island of stars, but they don't exist alone; galaxies are almost always found in groups, which can contain thousands of"islands" held together by gravity. Sign up for the Live Science daily newsletter nowGet the world’s most fascinating discoveries delivered straight to your inbox.

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