Some galaxies only stay neighbors, while others take their “friendships” to the next level, according to NASA.
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope recently captured two galaxies, NGC 6285 (left) and NGC 6286 (right) in the photo above.
The galactic “duo,” which is named Arp 293 and is located over 250 million light-years from our planet, looks like golden saucers. Both galaxies interact with each other and their gravitational attraction pulls bits of gas and dust streams from them and changes their shapes. Earth-based observers notice that Arp 293 has a blurry appearance in the sky.
This isn’t the only “pair” of galaxies Hubble has spotted: Some of these hubs can take on the appearance of anything, from a spaceship entering a sci-fi like wormhole to a bouquet of celestial flowers.
See all of the space telescope’s celestial portraits on Hubble’s website.
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