Look at the result of a “head-on collision” between two galaxies: it’s a very rare occurrence

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning image of two colliding galaxies. Because of the strong

gravitational interaction between objects, they turned into one luminous ring of stars.

Intertwined galaxies, known collectivelycalled Arp-Madore 417-391, are located at a distance of about 670 million light years from Earth in the constellation Eridanus. It can be observed in the southern hemisphere of the planet.

The Arp-Madore 417-391 merge in the original Hubble image.
Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA, J. Dalcanton

The new image was obtained thanks toAdvanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) of the Hubble Telescope. It was specially developed to search for galaxies in the early Universe. The impressive photograph was published by the European Space Agency (ESA).

"Two galaxies were distorted by gravityand twisted into a colossal ring, as a result of which the nuclei of the two galaxies are located side by side,” ESA representatives wrote on the website. However, according to NASA, such ring structures are extremely rare during galaxy mergers. They form only when a collision occurs head-on, and do not slowly pull together under the influence of gravity.

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