Went on a Wikipedia link journey this morning. It started with my last post about PETMAN being funded by DARPA. From DARPA I went to current projects, one of which is an Army truck-mounted LASER from LASER I went to MASER. From MASER I went to Megamaser, one of the coolest words I believe I've ever heard. The newest Megamaser found is Arp 220, which is an Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxy(ULIRG). Arp 220 is actually two galaxies merging, and the closest ULIRG to earth.
Ok, I think I've absorbed enough information for the morning.
Here's ARP 220:

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