ViewSpace Interactives: Interacting Galaxies
About Educational Resource
When galaxies are drawn toward each other by gravity, stars and planets can pass by each other unharmed, but the gas and dust between stars collide. The gas is compressed and heated, setting off waves of new star formation. Explore what we know about interacting galaxies by clicking through stops featuring a potential scenario between the Milky Way galaxy and the Andromeda galaxy, and the current interaction of the Antennae galaxies.
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