NASA highlights impressive snapshot of the merger of two galaxies

NASA highlights impressive snapshot of the merger of two galaxies (Mike Selby, Observatorio El Sauce // NASA – APOD)

Every day, NASA features a different image from the universe in the ‘astronomical photo of the day.’ This Wednesday (16), it was no different, and the US agency released an image of two galaxies merging.

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In the image, you can see a kind of ‘cosmic arm,’ which are actually two galaxies known as NGC 7285 and NGC 7284, merging.

These galaxies are about 200 million light-years away from Earth and can be located in the direction of the Aquarius constellation.

NASA highlights impressive snapshot of the merger of two galaxies (Mike Selby, Observatorio El Sauce // NASA – APOD)

Source: NASA (Astronomical Photo of the Day)