There are layers to this ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ What looks like two galaxies colliding – are actually separated by millions of light-years. In this image captured by NASAHubble, two distant galaxies happen to line up from our point of view. The chance of two galaxies stacked up almost perfectly Is 1 in 100,000.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ The galactic system consists of a smaller, closer face-on spiral galaxy that lies in front of another larger, more distant, tilted spiral galaxy. The closer galaxy is illuminated by the galaxy behind it, revealing dust lanes which are dark and hard to see in most spirals, stand out strongly in silhouette. The two galaxies are more than 20 million light-years from each other, too far apart to interact. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Image description: Two spiral galaxies that are almost centered, with one galaxy in front of the other. The galaxy in front is oriented face-on, and the galaxy in the back is not quite edge-on and spans from the lower left to upper right of the image. Both galaxies twinkle with copious ...