# Enormous 'Cat's Tail' tells of cosmic collision 63 light-years away

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- Published: 2026-10-29T15:40:01+00:00
- Category: Science
- Original: https://phys.org/news/2026-10-enormous-cat-tail-cosmic-collision.html
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/enormous-cat-s-tail-tells-of-cosmic-collision-63-light-years-away-2f30e0/

Sixty-three light-years from Earth, in the small, faint constellation known as Pictor (which is Latin for "painter"), there lies a strange structure that has puzzled astronomers for the last two years. Nicknamed the "Cat's Tail," this dark feature stretches across an abyss of space about a thousand times the average distance between Earth and the sun.

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