Ancient Cosmic Crash Site Hints At How Galaxies Formed | Video

Wednesday, December 9, 2015 - 07:53 in Astronomy & Space

360 million years ago a galactic smash-up led to the creation of the ringed elliptical galaxy NGC 5291 and many satellite dwarfs. One of these, NGC 5291N, seems like a throwback to the Universe’s early years.

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