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<p>"In images from the Hubble Space Telescope, scientists have spotted an
entirely new phenomenon. Reaching tens of thousands of light-years into
the void of space, vast shadows stretch from the centre of the galaxy
IC 5063, as though something is blocking the bright light from therein.</p><p>You've
probably seen something very like it before – bright beams from the Sun
when it's just below the horizon and clouds or mountains only partially
block its light, known as <a href="http://optics.kulgun.net/Rays/" class="gmail-hawk-link-parsed">crepuscular rays</a>.
According to astronomers, the shadows from IC 5063 could be something
very similar. They're just a whole lot bigger – at least 36,000
light-years in each direction."</p>
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