File:Galaxy Collision Animation- James Webb Space Telescope Science.webm

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English: A simulation of two spiral galaxies undergo a protracted crash lasting two billion years, eventually merging into a single elliptical galaxy. Credit: NCSA/NASA/B. Robertson (Caltech) and L. Hernquist (Harvard Univ.) You can download this video: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010600/a010687/index.html
Polski: Symulacja przedstawiająca trwające dwa miliardy lat zderzenie dwóch galaktyk spiralnych, które ostatecznie łączą się tworząc galaktykę eliptyczną.
Čeština: Počítačová simulace srážky dvou spirálních galaxií trvajíci asi 2 miliardy let a konečné sloučení hvězd do jediné eliptické galaxie.
Эрзянь: Кавто Спиралень галактикань (spiral galaxies) моделированиясь, кона ульнесь кавто миллиардонь кувалмонь перть, ды мейле сынь вейс эллиптической галактикав (elliptical galaxy) валововсть.
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Author James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

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English: A simulation of two spiral galaxies undergo a protracted crash lasting two billion years, eventually merging into a single elliptical galaxy.
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Čeština: Počítačová simulace srážky dvou spirálních galaxií trvajíci asi 2 miliardy let a konečné sloučení hvězd do jediné eliptické galaxie.
English: A simulation of two spiral galaxies undergo a protracted crash lasting two billion years, eventually merging into a single elliptical galaxy.
Эрзянь: Кавто Спиралень галактикань (spiral galaxies) моделированиясь, кона ульнесь кавто миллиардонь кувалмонь перть, ды мейле сынь вейс эллиптической галактикав (elliptical galaxy) валововсть.
Polski: Symulacja przedstawiająca trwające dwa miliardy lat zderzenie dwóch galaktyk spiralnych, które ostatecznie łączą się tworząc galaktykę eliptyczną.

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