"Stunning Hubble Image Uncovers Intergalactic Bridge in Merging Realms"

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a new image of the Arp 107 system, revealing a faint "bridge" of gas connecting two colliding galaxies. Located about 465 million light-years from Earth, the merging galaxies are part of the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies. The larger galaxy, a Seyfert galaxy, exhibits an active galactic nucleus and a bright spiral arm fueled by material from the smaller companion galaxy. This image is part of a larger initiative to observe understudied members of the Arp catalog.