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Andromeda Double Nucleus Announced

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1993

Tod R. Lauer20 July 1993

Andromeda Galaxy · Science / Astronomy

NASA announces Hubble evidence that the core of M31 contains a double nucleus, challenging simple models of the galaxy's central stellar structure.

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Tod R. Lauer

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