The Hubble telescope recorded the collision of galaxies in a distant cluster
“Hubble” has published a new image of a pair of interacting galaxies located in the constellation Veronica's Hair, 390 million light-years away.
The Hubble Space Telescope has published a new image of the interacting galaxy pair MCG+05-31-045. They are located 390 million light years from Earth in the constellation Veronica's Hair.
The European Space Agency writes about it.
These galaxies also belong to the large Veronica Hair galaxy cluster, which contains over a thousand known galaxies, most of which are elliptical.
Collisions of galaxies often lead to the formation of elliptical galaxies. During such processes, the stars may remain unchanged, but the cosmic gas is compressed under the influence of gravity and is quickly used up to form new stars. However, when hot, massive blue…
