As Earthlings, the kind of space collision we typically fear the ... NGC 6052 is a pair of colliding galaxies. They were first discovered in 1784 by William Herschel and were originally classified ...

The event unfolded in two dwarf galaxies which can be found 760 million and 3.2 billion light-years away, respectively, from our galaxy. It was captured by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ...

Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have made the first direct observation of star clusters colliding and merging ...

A galaxy from Stephan’s Quintet, known as NGC 7318b, has been observed colliding with its neighbouring galaxies at an extraordinary speed of 3.2 million kilometres per hour. This event was ...

They became gas clouds, and then galaxies. Galaxies formed galaxy clusters. And empty space continued to expand ... two orbiting white dwarfs in these galaxies collide, leading to a massive ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A European space telescope launched to explore the dark universe has released a trove of new data on distant galaxies. READ MORE: A cradle of baby stars revealed in new ...

Arp 273, a pair of galaxies on a collision course, with the smaller galaxy passing behind the larger one, creating a unique galaxy shape. This is the most distant known galaxy, dating back to 300 ...

Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have made the first direct observation of star clusters colliding and merging at the hearts of dwarf galaxies. The discovery could help scientists ...