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http://www.astropage.eu/index_news.php?id=1529 Bildveröffentlichung / Chandra: Galaktische Pyrotechnik in NGC 4258

NGC 4258, also known as Messier 106, is a spiral galaxy like the Milky Way. This galaxy is famous, however, for something that our Galaxy doesn't have - two extra spiral arms that glow in X-ray, optical, and radio light.

Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech