Galaxy merger

Rarity: Uncommon

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Notion

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Science and technology

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What Wikipedia says

Galaxy mergers can occur when two (or more) galaxies collide. They are the most violent type of galaxy interaction.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Galaxy merger”, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Read the article on Wikipedia

Image: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, and B. Whitmore (STScI), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.