Stars forced to relocate near the Southern Fish
3 March 2009
A new Hubble image shows three galaxies locked in a gravitational tug-of-war that may result in the eventual demise of one of them.
About 100 million light-years away, in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus (the Southern Fish), three galaxies are playing a game of gravitational give-and-take that might ultimately lead to their merger into one enormous entity.
http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEM5S9CDNRF_index_0.html
Trio of galaxies mixes it up