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040			_cIIT Kanpur
041			_aeng
082			_a523.112 _bC462c
100			_aChristensen, Lars Lindberg
245			_aCosmic collisions _bthe hubble atlas of merging galaxies _cLars Lindberg Christensen, Raquel Yumi Shida and Davide De Martin
260			_bSpringer _c2009 _aNew York
300			_a139p
505			_aInternational year of Astronomy 2009
520			_aLike no other telescope ever invented, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has given us magnificent high resolution views of the gigantic cosmic collisions between galaxies. Hubble's images are snapshots in time and catch the colliding galaxies in different stages of collision. Thanks to a new and amazing set of 60 Hubble images, for the first time these different stages can be put together to form a still-frame movielike montage showing the incredible processes taking place as galaxies collide and merge. The significance of these cosmic encounters reaches far beyond aesthetics. Galaxy mergers may, in fact, be some of the most important processes that shape our universe. Colliding galaxies very likely, hold some of the most important clues to our cosmic past and to our destiny. It now seems clear that the Milky Way is continuously undergoing merging events, some small scale, others on a gigantic scale. And the importance of this process in the lives of galaxies is much greater than what was previously thought.
650			_aCollisions
650			_aGalaxies
700			_aShida, Raquel Yumi
700			_aMartin, Davide De
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