The story for kids
These are the Antennae Galaxies, two galaxies that are crashing into each other right now. The crash is making lots and lots of new stars, pink and blue!
Facts
- Two spiral galaxies that are crashing and mixing together.
- The crash is giving birth to billions of new stars, pink and blue.
- From far away their long tails look like an insect's antennae.
Numbers
- Type
- Colliding spirals
- Distance
- ~45 million light-years