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. Read the rest of this entry »

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