The Antennae Galaxies are two spiral galaxies caught in the act of a head-on collision, their stars and gas flung into sweeping tidal tails that resemble an insect's antennae. They are the nearest and youngest example of colliding galaxies, where the cosmic crash is triggering an explosion of brilliant blue star clusters — a preview of the fate awaiting our own Milky Way and Andromeda.

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Andromeda Galaxy

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Black Eye Galaxy

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Bode's Galaxy

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Needle Galaxy

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Pinwheel Galaxy

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Sculptor Galaxy

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