NASA: This is what the merging of galaxies looks like: See image from the Hubble telescope

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Arp-Madore 417-391, located about 670 million light-years away in the constellation Heridanus in the southern celestial hemisphere

The forces of the Universe are inconceivable, with man seeming so small and weak. Modern technology, however, allows us to marvel at grand events, even mergers of entire galaxies.

The merging of galaxies Arp-Madore 417-391 it’s impossible not to distract, especially as seen in its Hubble Space Telescope image NASA/ESA.

In the region of the Universe that Hubble focused on, events are occurring that are not measurable in magnitude. It is an area where galaxies collide, with all that entails.

Arp-Madore 417-391, located about 670 million light-years away in the constellation of Heridanus in the southern celestial hemisphere, is one such galactic collision. The two galaxies were warped by gravity and twisted into a colossal ring, leaving their cores nestled next to each other.

The Hubble used the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) to capture this scene. This image comes from a selection of Hubble observations designed to create a list of interesting targets for follow-up observations with the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, as well as other ground-based telescopes.

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