Thursday, 24 October 2019

Hubble Finds Medusa in the Sky


The Medusa merger, was not always one entity, but two. An early galaxy consumed a smaller gas-rich system, throwing out streams of stars and dust into space. These streams resemble the writhing snakes that Medusa, a monster in ancient Greek mythology, famously had on her head in place of hair, lending the object its intriguing name. via NASA https://ift.tt/2M6YhXC
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