The collision of three galaxies with a powerful NASA managed to capture. NASA used the Hubble Space Telescope to capture this extraordinary moment.
The collision of the three galaxies makes them look like they are falling apart. What exactly caused the collision? What impact will it have?
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Three Galaxy Collision Detected
There was a collision that is known as the merger of three galaxies. The suspected cause is the attraction between galaxies.
They pulled each other until finally close before tearing each other due to the force of gravity.
In fact, merging like this is common throughout the universe. All major galaxies, including the one we currently live in, have experienced the same thing.
At first glance, the meeting of these three galaxies looks chaotic and scattered with each other. Nevertheless, it turned out that all three galaxies were fine.
Instead of being destroyed, they will be the beginning of the formation of new, larger galaxies. This is due to gas from three colliding galaxies.
The gas will condense to form a vast ocean of matter. It is this material that is the beginning of the formation of new stars.
Stars will gather before then become the center of a new galaxy. There are also several stars that are still intact from the collision.
Stars that survived due to the different gravitational forces in each galaxy. So they don’t collide with each other. The collision occurred in the constellation Cancer, which is located about 681 million light years from Earth.
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Captured by the Hubble Space Telescope
Once again Hubble as the most advanced space telescope contributed. He managed to capture the event of the collision of three galaxies.
According to NASA, the cluster of galaxies that can be seen above has the name IC 2431. Astronomers managed to detect the merger of these galaxies through a citizen science project called Galaxy Zoo.
The project invites at least 100,000 volunteers. They will classify objects 900,000 galaxies caught by the Hubble telescope but never examined thoroughly.
Studying galaxy combinations is very useful in helping astronomers better understand the past and future of the Milky Way.
That’s because the Milky Way is also thought to have devoured more than a dozen galaxies over the last 12 billion years, including during the famous Gaia Sausage fusion.
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Meanwhile, our galaxy also appears on track to merge with the nearby Andromeda galaxy about 4.5 billion years from now. Surely the merger will completely change the night sky in the Milky Way.
Even so, there is no possibility of damage to the solar system when the Milky Way merges with other galaxies again. Because it’s been happening for billions of years.
So far, NASA really appreciates the discovery of the collision of three galaxies that they have not been able to identify for years. With this discovery, the object of study related to galaxies will be more complex and accurate. (R10/HR-Online)
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