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On this day in space! Oct. 13, 1773: Astronomer Charles Messier discovers the Whirlpool Galaxy before we ever knew it was a galaxy

The Whirlpool Galaxy is a textbook example of a spiral galaxy, but it didn't look like one when it was found.

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