Hubble Captures a Monster Merger

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features Arp 122, a peculiar galaxy that in fact comprises two galaxies – NGC 6040, the tilted, warped spiral galaxy and LEDA 59642, the round, face-on spiral – that are in the midst of a collision. This dramatic cosmic encounter is located at the very safe distance of roughly 570 million light-years from […]
Posted on January 18, 2024
Sign up for our newsletter:

Categories

46
3
10
1
3
1
9
1
1
1
386
2
4
1
20
3
3
2
6
4
1
6
1
17
362
21
202
1
7
6
38
4
27
1
2
1
14
62
11
1
2
17
1
10
52
14
Io
5
1
13
1
113
14
3
4
3
17
13
1
6
661
6
67
30
3
2
1
10
1
8
281
233
29
159
5
1
13
1
10
2
210
14
3
1
1

Blog Posts

Newsletter Archive