Hubble Captures Galaxy AM 1054-325
Galaxy AM 1054-325 has been distorted into an S-shape from a normal pancake-like spiral shape by the gravitational pull of a neighboring galaxy, seen in this Hubble Space Telescope image. A consequence of this is that newborn clusters of stars form along a stretched-out tidal tail for thousands of light-years, resembling a string of pearls. They form when knots of gas gravitationally collapse to create about 1 million newborn stars per cluster.
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, Jayanne English (University of Manitoba)
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Image CreditNASA, ESA, STScI, Jayanne English (University of Manitoba)
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