Two powerful cameras aboard the Hubble Space Telescope teamed up to capture the final stages in the grand assembly of galaxies.
The photograph, taken by the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and the revived Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS), shows a tumultuous collision between four galaxies (collectively called IRAS 19297-0406) located 1 billion light-years from Earth. The galactic wreckage is creating a torrent of new stars.