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Phil Plait's take on it: http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/what-is-this-galaxy-doing-without-a-dark-matter-halo http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/what-is-this-galaxy-doi

• scribu 9y ago
  Thanks! That article offers much needed context for laypeople, such as myself. Among other things, it points out that, in the image, only the bluish glow is the galaxy under consideration. All other points are distant galaxies.
• jeremyjh 9y ago
  This is much more informative than the submitted article.