When Galaxies Collide: Hubble Showcases 6 Beautiful Galaxy Mergers

Munich, Germany (ESA) Jan 11, 2021

To celebrate a new year, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has published a montage of six beautiful galaxy mergers. Each of these merging systems was studied as part of the recent HiPEEC survey to investigate the rate of new star formation within such systems. These interactions are a key aspect of galaxy evolution and are among the most spectacular events in the lifetime of a galaxy. It