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Vincent’s tombstone in Auvers-sur-Oise, northwestern suburbs of Paris, France.

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Hubble has spotted an ancient galaxy that shouldn’t exist

This galaxy is so large, so fully-formed, astronomers say it shouldn’t exist at all. It’s called a “grand-design” spiral galaxy, and unlike most galaxies of its kind, this one is old. Like, really, really old. According to a new study conducted by researchers using NASA’s Hubble Telescope, it dates back roughly 10.7-billion years — and that makes it the most ancient spiral galaxy we’ve ever discovered.
“The vast majority of old galaxies look like train wrecks,” said UCLA astrophysicist Alice Shapley in a press release. “Our first thought was, why is this one so different, and so beautiful?”

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Source: io9.com
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character in a fight scene: *restrains their opponent by pinning them against the wall by their wrists*

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character in a fight scene: *pins their opponent down by straddling their waist and holding their wrists to the floor*

me:

character in a fight scene: *lifting their disarmed opponent’s chin slightly with the business end of their weapon*

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g3ncyho3

character in fight scene: *pins down the opponent and leans in close to whisper in their ear*

me:

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breyito

character in fight scene: *restrains the opponent by twisting their arm/s behind their back and pinning them to the wall chest first with their own chest pressing against the opponents back*

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Character: *distracts their otherwise equally good/better opponent by flirting*

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bmarvels

Character in fighting scene: *restrains opponents arms in a lock hold with their own, entangling their arms together forcing their bodies to be pressed together and faces in close proximity*

character in fight scene: *holds opponent by the collar, lifts them and brings them close to their face*

me:

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miqojak

Every time this crosses my dash it gets better.