The clashing galaxies NGC 4568 and NGC 4567 — also known as the Butterfly galaxies due to the dual-lobed shape their interaction causes — are located 60 million light-years away from Earth in ...

As the galaxies become more entangled, gravitational forces will lead to multiple events of intense star formation. Skip to content. NOWCAST WPBF 25 News at 6 p.m. Sunday.

The colliding Taffy galaxies look like a piece of candy or a cosmic butterfly. (Image credit: NOIRLab) Collisions of galaxies such as this are deeply transformative events and drive the evolution ...

The galactic pair NGC 4567 and NGC 4568, also known as the Butterfly galaxies, have just begun to collide as gravity pulls them together.

A new telescope image showcases two entangled galaxies that will eventually merge into one millions of years from now — and previews the eventual, similar fate of our own Milky Way galaxy.The ...

As the galaxies become more entangled, ... The galactic pair NGC 4567 and NGC 4568, also known as the Butterfly galaxies, have just begun to collide as gravity pulls them together.