Myth vs Reality: Galaxies Over Time

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This short video addresses the misconception that galaxies never change.

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Galaxy Structure
 
 
Produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute’s Office of Public Outreach.
 
All images, illustrations, and videos courtesy of NASA, ESA, and STScI except:
 
·       NGC 6822 image courtesy of the Local Group Galaxies Survey Team/NOAO/AURA/NSF
·       Taurus constellation drawing from Firmamentum Sobiescianum sive Uranographia by Johannes Hevelius, courtesy of the United States Naval Observatory
·       NGC 4565 image courtesy of the European Southern Observatory
·       Small Magellanic Cloud image courtesy of F. Winkler/Middlebury College, the MCELS Team, and NOAO/AURA/NSF
 
Written by Vanessa Thomas
Designed by John Godfrey 
Music courtesy of Association Production Music

Transcript


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 Bright teal lines separate the screen in half. Title. Myth versus Reality. Above the Myth side is a constellation map with a horned bull. On the Reality side is a dark sky with a bright white light. 

Text. Myth. Galaxies never change. 

Reality. Galaxies are continuously changing and evolving. Some changes, like those caused by galaxy collisions, happen slowly over a long timescale, and affect the entire galaxy. Others, like star explosions, occur very quickly, and affect small areas.