New discovery about galaxy formation

The Spitzer telescope of the US Aerospace Agency (NASA) has captured rare images of two entangled galaxies to form a new galaxy.

Andromeda, 2 million light years from our galaxy, collided with the galaxy Messier 32 210 million years ago. To reconstruct the effects of the impact, the researchers built models on the computer. The results show that Messier 32 has crashed into Andromena's axis since the dinosaurs reigned on Earth. Messier 32 lost more than half of its real mass while a giant part of Andromena was broken.

G.Fazio, a professor of astrophysics at Harvard University, judged that the images provided a completely new and clear view of the ever-changing nature of galaxies in the universe. Concerning the fate of our galaxy in the future, astronomers predict Andromeda will probably begin the process of combining with the galaxy at about 5-10 billion years until the picture into an elliptical galaxy.

Andromeda Galaxy (Photo: NASA)

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