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This image by the European Southern Observatory shows a detailed, thousand-colour image of the Sculptor Galaxy. AP The image spans 65,000 light-years, almost the entire galaxy.

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The Sculptor galaxy is a treasure trove of information that astronomers around the world cannot wait to pick apart.

It feels like something out of science fiction,” says Julia Victoria Seidel, a researcher at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Chile and lead author of the study, published today in Nature.

It is operated by the European Southern Observatory, led by Spanish astronomer Itziar de Gregorio (ph). DE GREGORIO-MONSALVO: (Speaking Spanish).

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