Antennae Galaxies
Monday, May 19, 2008 - 15:21
in Astronomy & Space
This image of the Antennae galaxies is the sharpest yet of this merging pair of galaxies. During the course of the collision, billions of stars will be formed. The brightest and most compact of these star birth regions are called super star clusters.
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