Imminent collision between two galaxies
The close photograph of a faraway primordial galaxy has revealed that what was thought to be one single galaxy was actually made up of two, one of which incorporates black holes seemingly assimilating the other.
One of the two galaxies generates new stars while her twin seems to steal away their gas and dust. It is assumed that this way the two galaxies will entwine at some point. The clear image has been obtained by using the high-performance sub-millimeter radio telescope Array from Hawaii, which, unlike other telescopes, is able to perceive radio waves of a higher frequency and intercept carbon monoxide emissions which are peculiar to celestial bodies all over the universe.
The carbon monoxide within the space between the two galaxies is taken over by the more sterile galaxy from her more prolific twin. The gas exchange between the two galaxies has been detected before; however, until the application of more advanced technologies it was believed to belong to the composition of a single great galaxy, instead of forming the bridge between two twin galaxies.
The researchers who have studied the case hope to come across similar gas connections between galaxies from the Virgo galaxy cluster, 50 million light-years away from the cluster including the Milky Way.
Source: Discovery
