Monday, January 22, 2024

Hubble Observes an Askew Galaxy Coaxing Star Formation from its Partner 

Arp 300 consists of two interacting galaxies, UGC 05028 (the smaller face-on spiral galaxy) and UGC 05029 (the larger face-on spiral). Likely due to its gravitational dance with its larger partner, UGC 05028 has an asymmetric, irregular structure, which is not as visible from ground-based telescopes but is quite distinct in these images from NASA’s […]

January 22, 2024
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