Tuesday, October 13, 2009

When galaxies collide

This msnbc blog post has links to other spectacular Hubble images. I've downloaded them all and added them to iPhoto and my slideshow folder:
A smashing view from Hubble - Cosmic Log - msnbc.com
Long ago, a galaxy far away smashed into another galaxy - creating a beautiful, terrible knot of cosmic chaos. The view of that galactic collision, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, serves as a preview of what might well happen when the Andromeda Galaxy slams into our Milky Way galaxy billions of years from now....

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