Ring galaxies – such as the mysterious and famous Hoag's Object – are thought to be the result of a collision in which one ...
Image credits: NASA Hoag's Object is an unusual ring galaxy in the constellation of Serpens Caput. It is identified as either a planetary nebula or a peculiar galaxy. The galaxy has approximately ...
The first of these galaxies, the Hoag’s Object, was just discovered in 1950 ... and ripped apart to surround an older, more massive galaxy. Siegel also says they aren’t an example of ...
Ring galaxies – such as the mysterious and famous Hoag's Object – are thought to be the result of a collision in which one galaxy blasts straight through the center of another. The Bullseye ...