Our #HubbleTopImage features the Meathook Galaxy!⁠ ⁠ The Meathook Galaxy (NGC 2442) has a dramatically lopsided shape – one spiral arm is tightly folded in on itself while the other extends far out from the nucleus. This is thought to be due to gravitational interactions with another galaxy at some point in its history.⁠ ⁠ This close-up from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shared in 2011, focuses on the galaxy’s nucleus and the more compact of its two spiral arms, which was the site of a supernova in 1999! 💥⁠ ⁠ For more information check the link in bio.⁠ ⁠ 📷 NASA, ESA⁠ ⁠ #ESA #Hubble