New Delhi: The US space agency NASA has released a beautiful image of the unusual galaxy IRAS 06076-2139, found in the constellation Lepus (The Hare). <\/p>\n
The image was captured by NASA\/ESA's Hubble Space Telescope. <\/p>\n
According to NASA, Hubbles Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) and Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) instruments have observed the galaxy from a distance of 500 million light-years. <\/p>\n
The particular object stands out from the crowd by actually being composed of two separate galaxies rushing past each other at about 2 million kilometers (1,243,000 miles) per hour. <\/p>\n
The speed is most likely too fast for them to merge and form a single galaxy. <\/p>\n
Because of their small separation of only about 20,000 light-years, the galaxies will distort one another through the force of gravity while passing each other, changing their structures on a grand scale, as reported. <\/p>\n
Such galactic interactions are a common sight for Hubble, and have long been a field of study for astronomers. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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