The active star-forming galaxy Zw II 96, the result of multiple galaxies colliding together. CfA astronomers have studied colliding galaxies that are very much farther away than this one -- their light has been traveling towards us for ten billion years.
Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI/AURA, and A. Evans
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Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI/AURA, and A. Evans
Low Resolution Image (jpg)
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