Astronomers record a tsunami in space (Photo)

This huge wave of material ʹ that was triggered when IC 2163 was recently skipped by another spiral galaxy called NGC 2207 produced blinding arches of star formation that resemble a eyelid.

“Although the collisions of the galaxy of this type are not rare, only a few galaxies with eye structures are known to exist”, said Michele Kaufman, an astronomer of Ohio State University in Columbus, “Locking”, Transmission Periscope.

The characteristics of the IC63 galaxy formed by a tsunami of stars and gas caused by a clash with the NGC 2207 galaxy (a part of its spiral arm is shown on the right side of the image).

The interactive side of galaxies is about 114 million light years away from Earth in terms of Canis Mayor's conspiracy. These galaxies walked away from each other, covering the ends of their outer spiral wings in what is likely the first meeting of a evental union.

Using ALMA's remarkable sensitivity and resolution, astronomers made more detailed measurements of the carbon monoxide gas movement in the narrow features of the galaxy's eyelid. The carbon monoxide is a trace of molecular gas, which is fuel for star formation.

What we observe in this galaxy is very much like a massive wave of ocean that extends toward the shore until it interacts with the depths, causing the loss of the moment and the throwing of water and sand on the beach”, said Bruce Elmegren, IBM Watson Research Center scientist in York Heights, New York York York./Periscopi/