Galaxy
Colliding Galaxy
Two galaxies smashing through each other.
Galaxies passing through one another, triggering massive bursts of star formation. Stars almost never collide, but gas clouds do.
Overview
Galaxies passing through one another, triggering massive bursts of star formation. Stars almost never collide, but gas clouds do.
See also
Interacting Galaxy
Galaxies distorted by mutual gravity.
Galaxy Merger
Two galaxies fusing into one.
Triangulum Galaxy (M33)
Third-largest galaxy in our Local Group.
Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)
A textbook spiral, mid-merger with a companion.
Sombrero Galaxy (M104)
An edge-on disc with a luminous bulge.
Large Magellanic Cloud
A satellite of the Milky Way, only visible from the south.