185,000-Light-Year-Long Bridge of Neutral Hydrogen Gas Connects Two Dwarf Galaxies

Radio (left) and optical (right) images of NGC 4532 / DDO 137. Image credit: ICRAR / D. Lang, Perimeter Institute.

As part of the Widefield ASKAP L-band Legacy All-sky Survey (WALLABY), an international team of astronomers has observed the dwarf galaxy pair NGC 4532 / DDO 137 (WALLABY J123424+062511), which is located around 53 million light-years from Earth.

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