Cosmic Bird? Triple Cosmic Collision Of Galaxies Stuns Astronomers
Cosmic Bird? Triple Cosmic Collision Of Galaxies Stuns Astronomers
Using ESO's Very Large Telescope, an international team of astronomers has discovered a stunning rare case of a triple merger of galaxies. This system, which astronomers have dubbed 'The Bird' - albeit it also bears resemblance with a cosmic Tinker Bell - is composed of two massive spiral galaxies and a third irregular galaxy. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago
tags triple cosmic collision galaxies bird tinker bell
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Shame there isn't a higher res. picture - I had a look for one, but couldn't find anything.
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