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| The Antenna Galaxies are a pair of galaxies undergoing a violent collision some 90 million light years away toward the constellation Corvus. The galaxies are known as the "Antenna Galaxies" or "Antennae" because two long tails of stars, gas, and dust thrown out of the galaxies as a result of the collision resemble the antennae of an insect. This image shows the innermost regions of the galaxies, at the very heart of the collision. The nuclei of the two galaxies are visible in the image as the yellow and orange concentrations of light. Most galaxies probably undergo at least one significant collision in their lifetimes. |
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