July 11
Interacting Galaxies UGC 06471 and UGC 06472
Observed in 2000
This image shows a cosmic collision between two galaxies, UGC 06471 and UGC 06472. The colliding galaxies are 145 million light-years from Earth. Such collisions distort the shapes of the galaxies as they merge and eventually form a larger galaxy.
Image credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Space Telescope