Astronomy Picture of the Day ·

The Antennae Galaxies in Collision

The Astronomy Picture of the Day for December 3, 2020 is “The Antennae Galaxies in Collision,” an image. It is credited to Image Credit: ESA/Hubble NASA. The original explanation runs about 140 words.

The Antennae Galaxies in Collision
Credit: Image Credit: ESA/Hubble NASA Shown from science.nasa.gov. Not hosted by OpenOrbit.

From the explanation

“Sixty million light-years away toward the southerly constellation Corvus, these two large galaxies are colliding . The cosmic train wreck captured in stunning detail in this Hubble Space Telescope snapshot takes hundreds of millions of years to play out.”

— APOD editors, December 3, 2020

Read the full explanation on science.nasa.gov

At a glance

Date
December 3, 2020
Type
Image
Credit
Credit: Image Credit: ESA/Hubble NASA
Copyright
No copyright notice on the entry. Check the credited institution’s own usage rules before reusing it.
Explanation length
About 140 words

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