#Repost @nasa ・・・ Missed Connections 💕⁣ ⁣ Upon first view, these two spiral galaxies, which lie more than a billion light-years away from Earth, appear to overlap one another. In actuality, despite appearing to collide in this image, the alignment of the two galaxies is likely just by chance—the two are not actually interacting. ⁣ ⁣ This image is one of many @NASAHubble observations delving into highlights of the Galaxy Zoo project. Originally established in 2007, Galaxy Zoo and its successors are massive citizen science projects that crowdsource galaxy classifications from a pool of hundreds of thousands of volunteers. These volunteers classify galaxies imaged by robotic telescopes and are often the first to ever set eyes on an astronomical object.⁣ ⁣ Over the course of the original Galaxy Zoo project, volunteers discovered a menagerie of weird and wonderful galaxies such as unusual three-armed spiral galaxies and colliding ring galaxies. The astronomers coordinating the project applied for Hubble time to observe the most unusual inhabitants of the Galaxy Zoo—but true to the project’s crowdsourced roots, the list of targets was chosen by a public vote.⁣ ⁣ Image Description: Two galaxies overlapping as capture by the Hubble Space Telescope. In the center of the image two spiraling galaxies are visible overlapping with one another. The uppermost galaxy has an interior of white hues with the otter extremes being more visibly orange. The galaxy on the bottom of the duo is primarily orange with rusty hues. The background of the image is encapsulated by the dark blackness of space with small speckles of color throughout, these small speckles are distant galaxies.⁣ ⁣ Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, W. Keel⁣ ⁣ #NASA #Space #Galaxy #Stars #Romance #Hubble #Astrophotography #Universe #Cosmos