Hubble Astronomer Creates Spectacular Galaxy Collision Visualization for the National Air and Space Museum

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This image is a still frame from a standard video presentation (i.e., for television instead of a planetarium dome) of the galaxy collision scientific visualization. The two galaxies are being pulled together by their mutual gravity. Their shapes stay pretty much the same right up until they collide.

Image Type: Illustration

Credit: F. Summers (Space Telescope Science Institute), C. Mihos (Case Western Reserve University), L. Hernquist (Harvard University)

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