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Space photo of the week: Stare into the 'bloodshot eyes' of a haunting galaxy pair

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The galaxies IC 2163 and NGC 2207 are 80 million light-years away in the constellation Canis Major .

The galaxies grazed each other millions of years ago and are currently colliding.

As they inch closer to each other, they will merge into a single galaxy with reshaped arms and a single brighter core.

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