The team discovered the galaxy's peculiar features while conducting a Hubble survey of
distant galaxies unleashing powerful blasts of radiation in the throes of galaxy mergers.
On 21 June, a dying star in
a distant galaxy unleashed a siren song of x-rays so intense it briefly blinded the x-ray telescope aboard NASA's orbiting Swift observatory.
Not exact matches
Such a smash - up with a red giant would
unleash much more energy than the decimation of a comet, so would have to occur in a
distant galaxy to avoid appearing brighter than what was observed.