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Galaxies Collide to Create Hot, Huge Galaxy
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Space / 2009-03-16

Galaxies Collide to Create Hot, Huge Galaxy

Galaxies Collide to Create Hot, Huge Galaxy

NASA's image library records Galaxies Collide to Create Hot, Huge Galaxy.

WHY IT’S INTERESTING

NASA Spitzer Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope combined to make this image of a pair of colliding galaxies called NGC 6240 shows them in a rare, short-lived phase of their evolution just before they merge into a single, larger galaxy.

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A CLOSER LOOK

NASA Spitzer Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope combined to make this image of a pair of colliding galaxies called NGC 6240 shows them in a rare, short-lived phase of their evolution just before they merge into a single, larger galaxy.

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FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE

NASA Image and Video LibraryGalaxies Collide to Create Hot, Huge Galaxy

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