Computer simulation of galactic collision with images from Hubble depicting the different stages

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Attached: 1 image What happens when galaxies collide? A billion year gravitational waltz. This computer simulation includes images from Hubble of actual galactic collisions at different stages. Credit: NASA, ESA, and F. Summers Source: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=30686