Experiencing Hubble: Understanding the Greatest Images of the Universe

The Antennae Galaxies: A Cosmic Collision (1x9)

Air date: Jan 16, 2011

A pair of interacting galaxies called the Antennae represent Hubble's most dramatic snapshot of a galactic collision. Learn how such events unfold over the course of millions of years and how the nearby Andromeda galaxy will have a similar encounter with our own Milky Way in the far distant future.