They are 60 million light-years from Earth, in the direction of the constellation Virgo, and both are spiral galaxies like our own Milky Way.
NOIRLab’s Gemini North telescope captured a spectacular image of two galaxies colliding. This phenomenon caused the formation of a “butterfly” space. UNN writes about it.
It is noted that the galaxies NGC 4568 and NGC 4567 have been observed in the process of collision and merger. They are located at a distance of 20,000 light years from each other, that is, quite close. At the same time, the galaxies are in a destructive phase of merger.
NOIRLab says the collision process is similar to what will happen to the Milky Way when the nearby Andromeda galaxy collides with our galaxy in four billion years.
As galaxies NGC 4568 and NGC 4567 approach, massive gravitational forces will begin to distort their shapes, stretching parts and causing a burst of star formation.
Recall that a large stream of plasma is directed towards the Earth, causing a geomagnetic storm.
The James Webb telescope captured a picture of an amazing galaxy
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