Image: Antennae galaxies

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Description: Antennae Galaxies is a pair of interacting galaxies 45 million ly away in the constellation Corvus - In the NGC 4038 group with five other galaxies - Undergoing a galactic collision, are joining to become one giant galaxy - Entangled magnetic fields in gas and dust clouds collisions causes rapid star formation (starburst phase) - Collision also formed unusual young massive globular clusters that contrast to the average age of most known globular clusters -
Title: Antennae galaxies
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Author: Pablo Carlos Budassi
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