Believe it or not, this long, glowing streak, speckled with bright blisters and pockets of material, is a spiral galaxy like our Milky Way. But how could that be? It turns out that we see this galaxy, named NGC 3432, oriented directly edge-on to us from our vantage point here on Earth. [3914×2355]

http://bit.ly/2Nm3mft via /r/spaceporn http://bit.ly/2Jy9C2J