Posts Tagged ‘colliding galaxies’
Arms Entangled
08 December 2011
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Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, and A. Evans (University of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook University)
With arms entangled, this galaxy merger resembles the letters “g” or “j” or perhaps a sea horse with a long tail arching over its head.
Turtle and the Bird
01 November 2011
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Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/STScI/H. Inami (SSC/Caltech)
Merging galaxies form the shapes of a turtle and bird in this image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
Swirling W
10 August 2011
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Credit: NASA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI)
Looping arcs of stars and dust create a cosmic letter “W” caught in the middle of this galactic encounter.
Polar Ring “t”
05 August 2011
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The Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI/NASA)
An extraordinary polar ring “t” shows the bizarre variety of interacting galaxies in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 4650A.
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