Day 6 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: a galactic collision. This Hubble image features Arp 122, a galaxy that actually comprises two vast galaxies colliding with each other—NGC 6040 ...
The black hole’s unexpected tilt suggests it may have been influenced by a violent galactic collision. A new image processing technique, SAUNAS, revealed X-ray plumes in the galaxy, hinting at a ...
What makes NGC 5084 even more intriguing is a small, tilted disk of dust spinning around its centre at a 90-degree angle to the galaxy’s overall rotation ...
NGC 2207 and IC 2163: A Grazing Encounter This image captures two spiral galaxies in the early stages of interaction. The gravitational forces between them have triggered intense star formation, ...