The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a new image of the galaxy NGC 1132 which is most likely to be a cosmic fossil ? the aftermath of an enormous multi-galactic pile-up, where the carnage of collision after collision has built up a brilliant but fuzzy giant elliptical galaxy far outshining typical galaxies.
Credit:
ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen), Klaus Dolag (MPA, Garching), CXC/Penn State University/G. Garmire, et al.
Narration:
Dr. Robert Fosbury
Design:
Martin Kornmesser
Web Technical Support:
Lars Holm Nielsen
Raquel Yumi Shida
Cinematographer:
Peter Rixner (www.perix.de)
Script:
Lars Lindberg Christensen, Raquel Yumi Shida
Director:
Lars Lindberg Christensen
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his adam's apple is distracting!
RiVvenGuard 1 year ago 6
Not if our drill is the one to pierce the heavens!
Saiko47 2 years ago