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Khaled Younes |
Monday 25 April 2022 – 08:50 PM
The Hubble Space Telescope observed the collision of two distant galaxies in the VV-689 system, producing what are called “angel wings.” The collision occurred in the constellation Leo.
“Unlike the squash lineup of galaxies that only appear to overlap as seen from our viewpoint on Earth, the two galaxies in VV689 are in the midst of a collision,” ESA officials said in a statement.
For example, in 2012, Hubble captured an image of what looked like two overlapping galaxies, called NGC 3314, apparently in the midst of a collision. But in this case, it was just a hoax in perspective, according to the European Space Agency.
The galactic interaction left VV-689 almost completely symmetrical, giving the impression of a large set of galactic wings.
Many galactic collisions are inevitable and began billions of years ago. By observing how galaxies move relative to each other, scientists can predict if and when galaxies will collide, according to NASA.
And astronomers expected that within regarding 5 billion years, the Milky Way will inevitably collide with its neighboring galaxy, Andromeda (Andromeda (Andromeda), according to Live Science previously.
The “angelic” image is part of a set of observations by NASA’s Hubble and the European Space Agency, which took a closer look at the “Galaxy Zoo project”, a social astronomy project that invites people to help classify large numbers of galaxies. interesting.
This project relies on hundreds of thousands of volunteers to classify galaxies and help astronomers wade through a deluge of data from robotic telescopes.
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