Dwarf Galaxy Caught Ramming Into a Large Spiral
Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - 14:00
in Astronomy & Space
Observations with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have revealed a massive cloud of multimillion-degree gas in a galaxy about 60 million light years from Earth. The hot gas cloud is likely caused by a collision between a dwarf galaxy and a much larger galaxy called NGC 1232.