The Hubble telescope has taken an amazing picture of a hybrid galaxy, which is part spiral, like our own, and part lenticular, so lacks many new stars. <\/p>\n
The galaxys tremendous size also makes it stand out, with a mass four times that of our own Milky Way. <\/p>\n
Its called UGC 12591 and lies 400 million light-years away in the Pisces-Perseus Supercluster, which is a chain of galaxy clusters hundreds of light-years long. <\/p>\n
The galaxy is part of a chain of them hundreds of light-years long (ESA\/Hubble & NASA) <\/p>\n
It also spins much faster than the Milky Way a neck-breaking 1.8 million km\/h compared with our own leisurely 828,000 km\/h. <\/p>\n
Scientists think its massive size could be because it either collided with another galaxy or just keeps growing, but more pictures from Hubble should help them work it out. <\/p>\n
The telescope was launched into space in 1990 and has been taking fantastic pictures unobstructed by the Earths light pollution, atmosphere or weather ever since. <\/p>\n
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