These 2 magnificent galaxies are about to collide

via https://ift.tt/6zS1x4W The merger is imminent.

The story of space is a story of collisions.

Sometimes, a meteor plummets through Earth's atmosphere and slams into a doghouse. Sometimes stars crash into one another, violently. Other times, two dazzling spiral galaxies collide.

Hawaii's Gemini North telescope, atop … These 2 magnificent galaxies are about to collide