The shock wave from the collision of galaxies reached Earth; This is one of the strongest effects from space in all observations. The magazine reports that Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society referring to the study.
We’re talking about a group of galaxies called Stefan’s Quintet, where galaxy NGC 7318b is crashing into four other galaxies in the cluster at a speed of 3.2 million km/h.
“Essentially, this is a huge field of intergalactic debris. New Intruder NGC 7318b crashed into the debris field and compressed the plasma and gas within. In doing so, it reactivated the plasma, causing it to shine brightly at radio frequencies and possibly triggering star formation,” said Marina Arnaudova, an astrophysicist at the University of Hertfordshire in England.
He likened this shock front to the sonic boom of a fighter jet traveling faster than the speed of sound.
According to Arnaudova, this collision offers humanity the opportunity to understand how new stars and galaxies form.
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