Jakarta – NASA revealed that there are three galaxies detected that will experience a collision. All three are visible in this image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.
Launch detikINET Citing the News Bytes App, the images of the three galaxies were taken with the help of Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 and the Advanced Camera for Surveys to help astronomers gain insight into the formation of the most distant galaxies in the universe.
The trio of colliding galaxies has collectively been named SDSSCGB 10189. In the images, the galaxies already appear distorted, with strands of gas and dust connecting them and seen giving off a lot of light.
This galaxy is rare for collisions to occur, although collisions with other galaxies often occur. That’s because each of the galaxies involved is currently in the process of ‘giving birth’ to a new star.
The galaxies located in the constellation Bootes will merge to form one larger galaxy. In the process, these galaxies will lose their spiral structure due to the gravitational interaction between them.
According to the Expert, the trio of galaxies is considered a relatively rare combination because they are located within 50 thousand light years of each other. A distance of 50 thousand light years is not as far as one might think, because in cosmic terms, this distance makes the three galaxies appear to be close neighbors.
For example, its more distant neighbor, Andromeda, is the closest galaxy to the Milky Way, located more than 2.5 million light years from Earth.
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