Looking to the fuschia 💖⁣ ⁣ Our NASAChandraXray observatory captured this colorful scene of two spiral galaxies merging. This galaxy pair is located about 250 million light-years away and can be found in the constellation of Serpens. ⁣ ⁣ The collision of the two spiral galaxies happened about 700 million years ago, sparking an enormous burst of star formation. About 200 huge star clusters reside in a packed, dusty region about 5,000 light-years across—about 5% of the Milky Way’s diameter. The amount of gas in this tiny region is equal to all of the gas in the entire Milky Way. ⁣ ⁣ Image description: This composite image features an ultra-luminous infrared galaxy, surrounded by a soft, rose-pink cloud of X-ray gas. Here, a single, bright, golden white dot sits at the center of the image. The rose-pink cloud surrounding the dot appears soft and airy, like cotton candy. Upon close inspection, feint orange veins can be discerned, marbling the X-ray gas cloud seen with Chandra. Surrounding...