Stunning new photos show two galaxies on the cusp of colliding – and scientists say it's a preview of what's to come for our own galaxy, the Milky Way.
"Cosmic collision": A stunning photo of the galactic merging of two galaxies is a preview of what scientists say is to come for the Milky WayOne of the universe's most spectacular events, a galactic merger, has been observed 60 million light-years away near the Virgo constellation. New photos that show two galaxies on the cusp of colliding, as they were about 60 million years ago, and scientists say it's a preview of what's to come for our own galaxy, the Milky Way.
"Their dueling gravitational forces will trigger bursts of intense stellar formation and wildly distort their once-majestic structures," the National Science Foundation'sThe galaxies will spend millions of years swinging past each other in tightening loops, creating"long streamers of stars and gas.
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