LMC and Companion Galaxy Merger (VIDEO)

International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research

Caption

Stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (blue) and a counter-rotating dwarf galaxy (red) as they merge over 1.4 billion years. The direction of rotation for each galaxy has been highlighted by a selected star (yellow).

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Ben Armstrong, ICRAR/UWA.

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