November 9, 2016

The galaxy IC 2163 (Image M. Kaufman; B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF); ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO); NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope)

An article published in “Astrophysical Journal” describes a research about the eye-shape galaxy IC 2163, due to a collision with another galaxy called NGC 2207. A team of researchers led by astronomer Michele Kaufman used the ALMA radio telescope to study this kind of tsunami of stars and gas that took on a very rare form among the known galaxies.