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NASA : How Antennae Galaxies Are Formed?

nasa.gov — This image of the Antennae galaxies is the sharpest yet of this merging pair of galaxies.During the course of the collision,billions of stars will be formed. The brightest and most compact of these star birth regions are called super star clusters.The two spiral galaxies started to interact a few 100 million years ago,making the Antennae galaxies..

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  • staystellar, on 07/28/2008, -1/+7there is a lot of dark matter in that one, it sort of looks like dirt. ;D
  • Yesplease, on 07/28/2008, -1/+5Optimusprime01: How sentences are constructed?
  • MacBookForMe, on 07/28/2008, -0/+3That always reminds me to the TV series COSMOS of Carl Sagan...
  • crump199, on 07/28/2008, -0/+3it's not dark matter, it pretty much is dirt
    the article says "criss-crossed by filaments of dust, which appears brown in the image."
  • GanjaGirl, on 07/28/2008, -0/+3I'm Ron Burgundy?
  • JPOOPOO, on 07/28/2008, -0/+3Now THIS is what its like when worlds collide
  • davewelsh79, on 07/28/2008, -0/+2In addition, the title seems to indicate there are things called antennae galaxies, and that they are all formed a certain way. According to the article, there are exactly two galaxies called "The Antennae Galaxies."
  • Schmich, on 07/28/2008, -0/+2For those who missed the previous chapter "Wikipedia: What are Antennae Galaxies?" here's the link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antennae_Galaxies
  • inactive, on 07/28/2008, -0/+2New version of a very old image... This is my favorite NASA image ever. I've been using it as my desktop off and on for about 3 years.
  • MattFid, on 07/28/2008, -0/+2This is why galaxies should always wear helmets.
  • AussieVesti, on 07/28/2008, -0/+2Beautiful. It's simply amazing how there's beauty waiting out there for us (and possibly others) to explore. The fact those are galaxies shows us how small we truly are. I mean, look at that. When you first take a look at the picture, most of us automatically register that to not be significantly big.
  • stuwanker, on 07/28/2008, -0/+1And, oddly, what it sounds like when doves cry.
  • daRoach, on 07/28/2008, -0/+1I imagine a NASA astronomer standing up from looking through a telescope shrugging then asking the next astronomer over "How antennae galaxies are formed?"
  • davewelsh79, on 07/28/2008, -0/+1n/t
  • inactive, on 07/29/2008, -0/+1***** YOU! Two of my friends died forming an antennae galaxy!
  • benrey, on 07/29/2008, -0/+1Yeah dark matter is called dark matter because its invisible... It's actually never been "seen" its just a theory.
  • inactive, on 08/08/2008, -1/+1Ah, somebody beat me to correcting the grammar.

    Foiled, yet again.
  • inactive, on 08/10/2008, -0/+0Geez, galaxies. Get a room.
  • plong, on 07/28/2008, -1/+1ME : Idiots Use Question Marks With Imperatives?
  • inactive, on 07/28/2008, -0/+0What causes new stars to be born when galaxies collide? My guess would be that energy of the collision causes all the gas and dust to coalese and undergo fusion. Can any physicist diggers explain the process in more detail?
  • Awim, on 07/28/2008, -2/+0Wait a minute?...so god's name is "super star cluster"...which explains the title "jesus christ super star". He inherited his fathers name.

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