ESA - Kids - Our Universe - Galaxies


Story of the Universe The Sun Planets and moons Stars and galaxies Comets and meteors	Galaxies This image of the large spiral galaxy NGC 1232 was obtained with the Very Large Telescope (VLT). Its distance from Earth is about 100 million light-years. It contains more dark matter than visible matter. Credits: Spaceweek International This is a close-up view of a head-on collision between two spiral galaxies, called the Antennae Galaxies. The image is 1500 light-years across. The image shows entrapped dust and gas funnelled into the centre of the galaxy. Credits: Brad Whitmore (STScI), and NASA	Stars and galaxies The Milky Way Star birth Star death Supernovas Dwarfs and supergiants