The Cheshire Cat Galaxy Group, Where Alice In Wonderland Meets Einstein

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The Cheshire Cat Galaxy Group. NASA/CXC/UA/J.Irwin et al/STScI

Today marks 100 years since the publication of Einstein's general theory of relativity, and tomorrow the 150th anniversary of "Alice in Wonderland." So NASA thought it would be a perfect occasion to release a visible/X-ray image of the Cheshire Cat group of galaxies.