DescriptionGalaxy Collision Animation- James Webb Space Telescope Science.webm
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.)
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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.