This is one of the most spectacular images of Antennae Galaxies captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. The galaxies are also known as NGC 4038 and NGC 4039 — are locked in a deadly embrace.
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An curved arrow pointing right. Watch this animation for 15 seconds, then watch a still picture of the Antennae Galaxies taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, and it'll look like it's moving.
The Antennae Galaxies is a merging pair of galaxies located ... either brush up against each other's gravitational fields or even collide, their stars, dust, and gas can be pulled into new paths.