Tadpole Galaxy (IMAGE)

University of California - Riverside

Tadpole Galaxy

Caption

The Tadpole Galaxy is a disrupted spiral galaxy showing streams of gas stripped by gravitational interaction with another galaxy. Molecular gas is the required ingredient to form stars in galaxies in the early universe.

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Hubble Legacy Archive, ESA, NASA and Bill Snyder.

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