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The Antennae Galaxies in Collision photos

 
 
Reply Sun 18 Jul, 2010 12:01 pm
7/18/10
The Antennae Galaxies in Collision
Credit: NASA, ESA & B. Whitmore (STScI) et al.; Image processing: Davide De Martin

Explanation: Two galaxies are squaring off in Corvus and here are the latest pictures. But when two galaxies collide, the stars that compose them usually do not. That's because galaxies are mostly empty space and, however bright, stars only take up only a small amount of that space.

During the slow, hundred million year collision, one galaxy can still rip the other apart gravitationally, and dust and gas common to both galaxies does collide. In this clash of the titans, dark dust pillars mark massive molecular clouds are being compressed during the galactic encounter, causing the rapid birth of millions of stars, some of which are gravitationally bound together in massive star clusters.

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http://www.skyfactory.org/antennae/antennae.htm
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Reply Sun 18 Jul, 2010 12:07 pm
@BumbleBeeBoogie,
What a magnificent maelstrom! I wish I could live long enough to see how this turns out. It's like watching two cars and their inevitable crash only more meaningful.
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Reply Sun 18 Jul, 2010 12:10 pm
@tsarstepan,
This is my favorite science site - I love the Hubble and I'm so glad it was repaired so it can continue it's wonderful photos. I can't wait for the new improved telescopes photos.

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