'Cosmic butterfly' wings shimmer in image of violently colliding galaxies - Space.com


8/9/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 8 months ago
by Robert Lea

The two spiral galaxies are about 60 million light-years from Earth.

Astronomers at the Gemini North telescope in Hawai'i have released a stunning image that shows two spiral galaxies in the process of colliding and merging.  The clashing galaxies NGC 4568 and NGC … [+3706 chars]

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