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    Hubble detects Celestial ‘String of Pearls’ Star Clusters in Galaxy Collisions

    February 12, 2024, Categories  Uncategorized

    Image of galaxy collision in space
    Galaxy AM 1054-325 has been distorted into an S-shape from a normal pancake-like spiral shape by the gravitational pull of a neighboring galaxy, seen in this Hubble Space Telescope image. A consequence of this is that newborn clusters of stars form along a stretched-out tidal tail for thousands of light-years, resembling a string of pearls. They form when knots of gas gravitationally collapse to create about 1 million newborn stars per cluster. Image credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, Jayanne English (University of Manitoba)

    When spectacular cosmic events such as galaxy collisions occur, it sets off a reaction to form new stars, and possibly new planets that otherwise would not have formed...

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