Hubble detects a dangerous galactic dance

Hamilton’s Object: Hubble Observes Unique Gravitational Lensing Configuration

'Double' galaxy mystifies Hubble astronomers

“A fast-moving star is as good as a spaceship,” says astronomer Jonathan Carroll-Nellenback. A new computer simulation shows stellar hitchhiking might be the best way to settle a galaxy. If a civilization reaches the galactic center “it explodes with settlements, [...] at the fastest rate possible.”