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April 24, 2008 09:00 AM (EDT)

News Release Number: STScI-2008-16

Cosmic Collisions Galore!

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Video: Hubble Gives Glimpse of Milky Way's Future

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With the release of dozens of images showing how galaxies collide with each other, astronomers are piecing together details of how mega-galaxies form. Our nearest galaxy neighbor, Andromeda, will be colliding with our own Milky Way in about 5 billion years.

Credit: NASA, ESA, and M. Estacion (STScI)

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Hubble Gives Glimpse of Milky Way's Future Running Time: 1 minute 30 seconds
Hubble Spots Dozens of Colliding Galaxies (Short Version) Running Time: 2 minutes 24 seconds
Hubble Spots Dozens of Colliding Galaxies (Long Version) Running Time: 4 minutes 48 seconds
Hubble Studies Different Stages in the Collision Between Galaxies (Visualization) Running Time: 1 minute 20 seconds
Poster of 59 Colliding Galaxies (Animation) Running Time: 1 minute 13 seconds
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