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Black Eye Galaxy Is it possible for a galaxy to look evil? Because this one may very well be where those horrible alien creatures in The Avengers came from. the Black Eye galaxy (also called M64 or the Sleeping Beauty Galaxy) is ripe with creation, as the reddish color indicates. Red means an abundance of hydrogen, which means stars are being formed. Strangely, the stars and gas in the reddish portion of the galaxy are all rotating in one direction, while the immense cloud of gas and dust surrounding it rotates the other ay. While this is really bizarre, it's explained in the same manner as most galaxy irregularities---it's most likely the result of two galaxies merging together.
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