Galactic Train Wrecks

NASA/JPL-Caltech/Harvard-Smithsonian CfA2011-05-25

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Washington, DC, United States

This montage combines observations from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope and NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer GALEX spacecraft showing three examples of colliding galaxies from a new photo atlas of galactic train wrecks.

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Title: Galactic Train Wrecks
Creator: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Harvard-Smithsonian CfA
Date Created: 2011-05-25
Rights: JPL

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