Monday, July 16, 2012

When Galaxies Collide: Skater Galaxies

Connected via a long stellar bridge, the two galaxies in UGC 8335 are pulling one another gravitationally with all their might.

The collision is happening 400 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.

Image: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration and A. Evans (University of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook University)

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