Warped Galaxy ESO 510-G13

The Hubble telescope captured an image of an unusual edge-on galaxy, revealing remarkable details of its warped dusty disk and showing how colliding galaxies spawn the formation of new generations of stars. The strong warping of the disk indicates that ESO 510-G13 has recently undergone a collision with a nearby galaxy and is in the process of merging with it. Gravitational forces distort the structures of the galaxies as their stars, gas, and dust combine together in a process that takes millions of years.