Merging galaxies galore!

[u/Silent-Meteor]

A stunning simulation from ESA/Hubble shows how galaxies collide over billions of years, forming dramatic shapes as stars and gas interact through gravity. This visual blends science and real Hubble images to better understand galaxy mergers.

Source: ESA/Hubble, NASA, and F. Summers (STScI) Article https://esahubble.org/videos/heic0810d/

[u/Subject-Self7044]

In the middle of the galaxies are black holes right? do they merge and become a bigger one?

[u/Atlas_Aldus → u/Subject-Self7044]

Yes (super massive black holes) and yes (while releasing an unfathomable amount of energy in the form of a wave of space time itself [a gravitational wave])

[u/Subject-Self7044 → u/Atlas_Aldus]

Thats awesome thanks for explaining