Head-On Galaxy Collision Creates Tsunami of Starbirth

A brand new picture from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures an ongoing head-on collision between the star-forming spiral galaxy NGC 2445 an the much less flashy spiral galaxy NGC 2444. Collectively known as Arp 143, the NGC 2445-NGC 2444 system is positioned some 181 million light-years away within the constellation of Lynx. The galaxies collided head-on, igniting […]