Light reaching us from these colliding galaxies emitted when dinosaurs lived

By Cosmic Tribune on April 26, 2016   Astronomy, Galaxies, Impacting, Origins, Out There, Stars, Telescopes, Time and Space  

[CLICK ON IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION, FORS Team, 8.2-meter VLT Antu, ESO; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt What makes this spiral galaxy so long? Measuring over 700,000 light years across from top to bottom, NGC 6872, also known as the Condor galaxy, is one of the most elongated barred spiral galaxies known. The galaxy’s protracted […]