Hubble telescope sees haunting galactic dance of 2 galaxies linked by the corpse of a cannibalized neighbor - Space.com


5/29/2022 12:00:00 AM3 years 9 months ago
by Samantha Mathewson

The Hubble Space Telescope captured the faint tidal streams of gas and dust linking the two galaxies NGC 3227 and NGC 3226 in a turbulent gravitational dance.

The Hubble Space Telescope captured a detailed view of the large spiral galaxy NGC 3227 and its companion, an elliptical galaxy called NGC 3226, along with the faint tidal streams of gas and dust tha… [+2512 chars]

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