Neighbor galaxies may have brushed closely, astronomers find

Monday, June 11, 2012 - 19:30 in Astronomy & Space

New observations confirm a tenuous "bridge" of hydrogen gas streaming between two prominent members of our Local Group of galaxies -- the Andromeda Galaxy and the Triangulum Galaxy. This indicates the two may have had a close encounter in the distant past.

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