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When the Universe Just "Gets You"

First thing, I'm a huge fan of the cosmos...the great beyond outside of our small bubble. Space, that final frontier as the Trek-fans so lovely call it. I love stars and as a child always told my Mom that when I grew up, I was going to have a dining room that was a planetarium complete with nothing but astroturf because EVERY night, if I wanted to have a picnic under the stars if I so desired. Ah the beauty and imagination of youth. <3 Well today I stumbled upon a friend's sharing of the following link: https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/what-did-hubble-see-on-your-birthday NASA's incredible Hubble Telescope is still taking gorgeous shots of our incredible expansive space far outside of our own universe. I jumped at the chance to see whatever Hubble captured on one of my birthdates and was blessed with this image: The description is as follows... On April 14 in 2006 Galaxy ESO 99-4 ESO 99-4 is a galaxy with a highly peculiar shape. It is probably the remnant of a merge...