Interacting Galaxies AM 2026-424
June 19

Interacting Galaxies AM 2026-424

Observed in 2019

The colliding galaxies AM 2026-424 resemble a face. Each "eye" is the bright core of a galaxy, one of which slammed into another. The outline of the face is a ring of young blue stars. Other clumps of new stars form a nose and mouth.

Image credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Space Telescope