February 6, 2013
Updated Feb 6, 2013 at 7:21 AM PDT
NASA and the European space agency released spectacular pictures of one of the closest galaxies to us.
It's only 20 million light years away.
Unlike ours, this galaxy has an active black hole that pulls everything into its magnetic hole.
It also has four spiral arms instead of two.
Two of the arms are made up of stars with planets and other space material.
The other two arms are made solely of gas formed as a reaction to the magnetic power of the black hole.
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