We've written about some truly stunning deep space pictures here on ScienceAlert, but a new Hubble snap showcasing a special collection of five galaxies has to be one of the best yet – even by our high standards.
here on ScienceAlert, but a new Hubble snap showcasing a special collection of five galaxies has to be one of the best yet – even by our high standards., and they're unusually close together at the point in space and time that's been captured by the image. In around another billion years or so, they will all collide together to form a giant elliptical galaxy.
While dense groups of galaxies aren't rare, they're typically found at the hearts of much larger clusters. Astronomers have been tracking the Hickson Compact Group 40 in different spectra of light, with X-ray readings revealing that the galaxies are having gravitational effects on each other, due to the presence of enormous amounts of hot gas in the space between them.could be playing a part, forming a cloud around the galaxy group and slowing the individual galaxies down. As they lose energy, the thinking goes, they fall together as shown in this picture.
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