Artist's Impression of a Disk Galaxy Transforming in to An Elliptical Galaxy (IMAGE)

National Institutes of Natural Sciences

Artist's Impression of a Disk Galaxy Transforming in to An Elliptical Galaxy

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Stars are actively formed in the massive reservoir of dust and gas at the center of the galaxy.

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