NGC 3310: A Starburst Spiral Galaxy

By |2026-04-05T16:44:59-04:00April 5th, 2026|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day The party is still going on in spiral galaxy NGC 3310. Roughly 100 million years ago, NGC 3310 likely collided with a smaller galaxy causing the large spiral galaxy to light up with a tremendous burst of star formation. The changing gravity during the collision created density waves that compressed [...]