Two Merging Elliptical Galaxies and Star Formation (IMAGE)

Rochester Institute of Technology

Two Merging Elliptical Galaxies and Star Formation

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The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captured a cosmic moment of two merging cluster galaxies connected by a bright blue string of young stars.

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NASA, ESA and RIT

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