“These images are frames from an animation based on a computer simulation of the “first encounter stage” of two galaxies colliding. It was created at the Center for Computational Astrophysics at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. At top left, the galaxies collide; at top right, a massive gas filament forms; at bottom left, the filament breaks apart; and at bottom right, the fragments spawn sizable star clusters. In space, this phase of a merger takes approximately 50,000,000 years to unfold.” Via.
“These images are frames from an animation based on a computer simulation of the “first encounter stage” of two galaxies...