Haley's Coronet is at war with its neighboring dwarf galaxy, and it's a gravitational struggle the latter is bound to lose.
, grow over the course of billions of years by continuously merging with smaller, nearby dwarf galaxies. The new image of Haley's Coronet and NGC 1531 could offer hints as to how the early stages of those merger events play out.
The DECam picture shows an edge-on view of the spiral arms in Haley's Coronet, revealing that the further arm is being wrenched upwards as it pulls on the dwarf galaxy. This distorted radial feature demonstrates that while NGC 1531 is being hopelessly overtaken, it still has a noticeable effect on its larger companion.
The image also reveals a bridge made of gas and dust stretching between the two galaxies. It's held in place, scientists say, by tidal forces arising from the gravitational influence of both bodies. Also present, but less obvious in this image, are bouts of star formation within both Haley's Coronet and NGC 1531 triggered by interactions between the realms.
One element of Haley's Coronet appears unconcerned with the ongoing battle with NGC 1531 — the spiral arm closer toThroughout the 13.8-billion-year history of , cosmic feeding events such as the one underway between Haley's Coronet and NGC 1531 have been key in supporting the growth of galaxies. In fact, our galaxy is no exception. research published in Feb. 2022Evidence for this theory is rooted in the star streams scientists observed populating the Milky Way's halo. Oddly enough, those streams seemed to have originated outside our galaxy.
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