This is Not What It Looks Like When Galaxies Collide
“The photo, taken by the Hubble space telescope, shows a chance alignment of two heavenly objects, making them appear to be in the midst of a bizarre pile-up. But the galaxies, named NGC 3314A and NGC 3314B are in no danger of crashing. The foreground galaxy — the bluer one that appears face on to us — is approximately 117 million light-years away from Earth, while the background galaxy is 23 million light-years farther.”
