Hubble Finds More Evidence of Galactic Cannibalism
Depicts: NGC 1316, IRAS 03208-3723
Copyright: Carl Grillmair (California Institute of Technology) and NASA
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This beautiful, eerie silhouette of dark dust clouds against the glowing nucleus of the elliptical galaxy NGC 1316 may represent the aftermath of a 100 million year old cosmic collision between the elliptical and a smaller companion galaxy.
Last Update: 1 September 2019