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A collision between two galaxies may have sparked the odd shape
Head-on collisions between galaxies like the one seen in Arp 143 (pictured) may be how rings of new stars form.
NASA, ESA, STScI, Julianne Dalcanton Center for Computational Astrophysics, Flatiron Inst. / UWashington)
The Hubble Space Telescope captured the aftermath of a head-on collision between two galaxies that formed a glittering triangle of cosmic dust and newborn stars, per a NASA statement.
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Hubble Space Telescope Captures Galaxies Caught in Triangular Tug-of-War | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
Head-on collisions between galaxies like the one seen in Arp 143 (pictured) may be how rings of new stars form.
NASA, ESA, STScI, Julianne Dalcanton Center for Computational Astrophysics, Flatiron Inst. / UWashington)
The Hubble Space Telescope captured the aftermath of a head-on collision between two galaxies that formed a glittering triangle of cosmic dust and newborn stars, per a NASA statement.
Continued below.
Hubble Space Telescope Captures Galaxies Caught in Triangular Tug-of-War | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine