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A NASA Hubble Space Telescope composite showing the Sombrero Galaxy at left with its faint stellar halo, and zoomed regions of halo stars at right.
NASA, Digital Sky Survey, P. Goudfrooij (STScI) and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) · Public domain (NASA/ESA Hubble material, copyright-free per hubblesite.org copyright terms; verified via Wikimedia Commons file page retrieved October 5, 2026)

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The Sombrero Galaxy's Hidden Streams: A Seven-Day Exposure Shows a Galaxy Built from Shredded Smaller Ones

A seven-day amateur exposure from Namibia, featured as NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day on October 5, 2026, reveals tidal streams and a faint stellar halo around the Sombrero Galaxy, M104. The observation shows that big galaxies carry the debris of the smaller galaxies they have devoured, and that this fossil record is readable from the ground.

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By Kelly Intelligence
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