Nightly News   |  August 16, 2011

Galaxies crash into one another

A NASA camera on board the Chandra X-ray Observatory recorded two galaxies colliding. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

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>>> this seems like the space equivalent of jay-.

>> and kanye. a nasa camera on board the hubble space telescope has actually recorded two galaxies colliding. that's vv 340 north on top and that would be vv 340 south on the bottom of your screen. we've really caught them, it turns out, at a good time. they will eventually merge into a milky wayesque mess but don't wait up for it. it will take millions of years to come together.