Galactic Collisions 2

The sequence begins by depicting the collision of two large galaxies which now form The Antennae. Gas and stars from the galaxies are ejected into long arcs. The animation then shows how collisions between huge gas clouds in the central region of the merging system trigger a stellar baby boom. Next, as seen in a closer view, the most massive of these stars race through their evolution in a few million years. These stars end their lives as they explode as supernovas that further heat the clouds and enrich them with heavy elements. In conclusion, the animation dissolves into Chandra's X-ray image of The Antennae galaxies.

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• galactic
• evolution
• Antennae
• gas
• galaxies
• stellar
• baby
• boom
• supernovae

[fearripper360]

Yeah, to bad we won't be alive to see all the AMAZING TRANSFORMATION SEQUENCE BETWEEN OUR GALAXIES.Hey if we can see the colision from heaven, we could say ''thank heavens we aren't down there on that blue planet.lol

[GoodCat01210]

i think that it wont be as symmetrical as shown here because the galaxies are not symmetrical nor are they heading head on, andromeda is heading towards us, but at a slight angle, it being different to all other galxies because the rest of them are heading away from us

[holiday07]

I've read that this is whats gonna happen to our galaxy, the Milky Way and Andromeda in 6 billion years.

[holiday07]

wow!

[DimensionTornFree]

wow that's a hell of a chain reaction!