 This is an image of an unusual edge on galaxy, revealing remarkable details of its warped dusty disc. The strong warping of the disc indicates that this galaxy has recently undergone a collision with a nearby galaxy and is in the process of swallowing it. In the outer regions, especially on the right hand side of the image, we see that the twisted disc contains not only dark dust, but also bright clouds of blue stars. This shows that hot young stars are being formed in the disc. Astronomers believe that the formation of new stars may be triggered by collisions between galaxies as their interstellar clouds smash together and are compressed.