Galaxies Mimic Cosmic Crash in Rare Hubble Telescope Picture
by Tariq Malik, SPACE.com Managing Editor
Date: 14 June 2012 Time: 11:23 AM ET
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The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced an
incredibly detailed image of a pair of overlapping galaxies called NGC
3314. The two galaxies look like they are colliding but it a trick of
perspective. Released June 14, 2012. CREDIT: STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, and W. Keel (University of Alabama) |
The Hubble Space Telescope has snapped a spectacular new image of two galaxies that look like they're slamming into each other, but in reality something just as rare is happening, scientists say.
In an amazing chance photograph, the Hubble Space Telescope
snapped a view of two galaxies lining up, one behind the other, as
viewed from the space telescope's vantage point. The image offers a rare
view of the overlapping galaxies, which are collectively known as NGC
3314, Hubble scientists said in a statement.
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