Trio of Galaxies Mix It Up
Tuesday, March 3, 2009 - 06:56
in Astronomy & Space
Though they are the largest and most widely scattered objects in the universe, galaxies do go bump in the night. The Hubble Space Telescope has photographed many pairs of galaxies colliding. Like snowflakes, no two examples look exactly alike. This is one of the most arresting galaxy smash-up images to date.