Brad Whitmore (STScI) and NASAhttp://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1997/34/image/a/Hubble Reveals Stellar Fireworks Accompanying Galaxy Collisionshttp://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1997/34/image/b/format/web_print/ABOUT THIS IMAGE:These four close-up views are taken from a head-on collision between two spiral galaxies, called the Antennae galaxies, seen at image center. The scale bar at the top of each image is 1,500 light-years across.[Left images]The collision triggers the birth of new stars in brilliant blue star clusters, the brightest of which contains roughly a million stars. The star clusters are blue because they are very young, the youngest being only a few million years old, a mere blink of the eye on the astronomical time scale.[Right images]These close-up views of the cores of each galaxy show entrapped dust and gas funneled into the center. The nucleus of NGC 4038 (lower right) is obscured by dust which dims and reddens starlight by scattering the shorter, bluer wavelengths. This is also the reason the young star clusters in the dusty regions appear red instead of blue.This natural-color image is a composite of four separately filtered images taken with the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2), on January 20, 1996. Resolution is 15 light-years per pixel (picture element).Object Names: NGC 4038/4039, AntennaeImage Type: Astronomical/Illustration/AnnotatedCredit: Brad Whitmore (STScI) and NASAhttp://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1997/34/image/b/http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/antennae/antennae_multipanel.jpgX-ray, Infrared & Optical Images of Antennae The Antennae galaxies are a pair of colliding galaxies about 62 million light years from Earth. These images show X-rays from Chandra, optical data from Hubble, and infrared data from Spitzer. The X-ray image shows huge clouds of hot, interstellar gas that have been injected with rich deposits of elements from supernova explosions. This enriched gas, which includes elements such as oxygen, iron, magnesium and silicon, will be incorporated into new generations of stars and planets. The bright, point-like sources in the image are produced by material falling onto black holes and neutron stars that are remnants of the massive stars. (Credit:X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/J.DePasquale; IR: NASA/JPL-Caltech; Optical: NASA/STScI)http://chandra.si.edu/photo/2001/0120true/0120true_opt.jpghttp://chandra.si.edu/photo/2010/antennae/http://chandra.si.edu/photo/2010/antennae/http://chandra.si.edu/photo/2010/antennae/http://chandra.si.edu/photo/2010/antennae/A new composite image from NASA's Great Observatories presents a stunning display of the Antennae galaxies.X-ray data from Chandra (blue), optical data from Hubble (gold and brown), and infrared data from Spitzer (red) are featured.Supernova explosions are enriching the intergalactic gas with elements like oxygen, iron, and silicon that will be incorporated into new generations of stars and planetshttp://chandra.si.edu/photo/2010/antennae/Galaxias em colisao - NGC4038 e NGC4039Esta imagem do Hubble das galaxias das antenas e a mais perfeita deste par de galaxias em fusao. Como as duas galaxias se despedacam juntas, bilhoes de estrelas nascem, principalmente em grupos e aglomerados de estrelas. O mais brilhante e compacto destes sao chamados clusters de super star.Credito: NASA , ESA , e Hubble Heritage Team STScI / AURA ) - ESA / Hubble Colaboracao. Agradecimento: B. Whitmore ( Space Telescope Science Institute ) e James Long (ESA / Hubble).Antennae:Superbubbles Bespeak Toil and Trouble Credit: NASA/SAO/CXC/G.Fabbiano et al.Credit NASA/SAO/CXC/G.Fabbiano et al.This Chandra X-ray image of the Antennae (NGC4038/4039) shows the central regions of two galaxies in collision. The dozens of bright point-like sources are neutron stars or black holes pulling gas off nearby stars. The bright fuzzy patches are superbubbles thousands of light years in diameter that