This image of a pair of colliding galaxies called NGC 6240 shows them in a rare, short-lived phase of their evolution just before they merge into a single, larger galaxy.
This struck me as completely fascinating. Once you take a step back (or several million) something even as colossal as a cosmic crash can actually look really beautiful. I feel really small. And I quote, "It's a great big universe and we're all really puny, we're just tiny little specks, 'bout the size of Mickey Rooney." I miss the Animaniacs.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Cosmic Collision
Posted by BeeOhVee at 3:54 PM
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I miss the Animaniacs too....
all I can think of is...
"But when worlds collide
Said George Pal to his bride
I'm gonna give you some terrible thrills
Like a... "
Ooh! That's funny, you'd think my head would go to the most obvious place. :) I wonder why it reached to my childhood instrad?
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