DEVELOPER TOOLS
Zooming in on Merging Spiral Galaxies
- Written by: Tyler O'Neal, Staff Editor
- Category: DEVELOPER TOOLS
Zoom in reveals a pair of interacting spiral galaxies — NGC 4568 and NGC 4567 — as they begin to clash and merge.These galaxies are entangled by their mutual gravitational field and will eventually combine to form a single elliptical galaxy in around 500 million years.Also visible in the image is the glowing remains of a supernova that was detected in 2020.Credit:International Gemini Observato...
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