Posts Tagged ‘merging galaxies’
Arms Entangled
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
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.
Merging Y
NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, and A. Evans (University of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook University)
Galaxy interactions are always impressive. ESO 593–8 looks like the letter “Y,” swooping eagle or a feather. Explore the NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of these merging galaxies. Do you see any patterns? What stories can you tell?
Swirling W
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.
Quasar-like “Q”
Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration and A. Evans (University of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook University)
NGC 1614’s bright center glows with a quasar-like brightness in this image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. And with its faint tail, the interacting galaxy resembles the letter “Q” as our starry alphabet hunt continues.
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