Space Winds Rip Galaxy Pair Apart

One of the latest images collected by the Hubble Space Telescope before its overhaul – earlier this year – shows stellar winds wreaking havoc through a pair of galaxies, preventing stellar formations from taking shape inside and distorting their shapes significantly. The phenomeno... [ read more >> ]

This Hubble composite photo shows the two galaxies, NGC 4522 (left) and NGC 4402 (right), whose gas is being stripped out of them by winds in the Virgo Cluster to which they belong

Image comment: This Hubble composite photo shows the two galaxies, NGC 4522 (left) and NGC 4402 (right), whose gas is being stripped out of them by winds in the Virgo Cluster to which they belong
Image credits: NASA / ESA

This Hubble composite photo shows the two galaxies, NGC 4522 (left) and NGC 4402 (right), whose gas is being stripped out of them by winds in the Virgo Cluster to which they belong
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