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Spiral galaxy NGC 5523 could be an isolated product of soft galaxy mergers, study suggests

(Phys.org)—The spiral galaxy NGC 5523 is believed to be an example of an isolated galaxy whose evolution was not influenced by other objects. However, a new study conducted by U.S. astronomers shows that the isolation of NGC 5523 could be due to its past minor mergers with surrounding low-mass galaxies. The findings are detailed in a paper published Nov. 18 on arXiv.org.

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