A Tour of The Lenticular Galaxy NGC 7722 in Pegasus | Hubble Support FriendsofNASA.org: This NASA/European Space Agency Hubble Space Telescope picture shows an uncommon galaxy with a striking appearance. This is NGC 7722, a lenticular galaxy located about 187 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. A “lenticular”, meaning “lens-shaped”, galaxy is a type that sits in between the more familiar spiral galaxies and elliptical galaxies. It is also less common than these—partly because

The sky will not look like this forever. 🌌💥 Right now, the Andromeda galaxy is rushing towards us at 250,000 mph. In about 4 billion years, it will crash into our Milky Way. But don't panic. Galaxies are mostly empty space, so stars likely won't hit each other. Instead, they will dance. The night sky will be filled with a spectacular show of merging cores and new star formation. The two galaxies will become one giant elliptical galaxy: "Milkomeda." It will be beautiful. Too bad we won't be her