7 Weirdest Galaxies In The Universe

Our Universe is a wonderful place and it’s packed with billions upon billions of galaxies, most of which we haven’t even seen yet. But even from the relatively small amount of galaxies we managed to observe there are some really bizarre ones. Just to think that out there in the vastness of space there are galaxies shaped like jelly fish and the ones that are simply devouring all other galaxies around them. Not to mention the ones those are looking like a huge eye peering right into space! Well, Universe is awesome like that and here are 7 weirdest galaxies you’ve ever seen.

Smiley galaxy

Galaxy SDSS J1038+4849, also known as the Smiley galaxy, looks exactly like that – a cheerful smiling face! The eyes and nose of the smiley are uniquely positioned galaxies, while the curves are created due to gravitational lensing. The light simply distorts around this cluster due to its high density, turning into these liquid-looking curves.

The Cannibal

Galaxies obviously get bored hanging out in space all alone – that’s when they start interacting with other ones, usually smaller defenceless galaxies that up for devouring. Well, it appears our very own Milky Way will collide with Andromeda Galaxy in some 4.5 billion years. It’s hard to tell which galaxy will prevail, but humanity probably won’t be around to see it as our own Sun will get too hot by that time.

Milky Way, the thief

Our good old Milky Way is also a weirdo! Our home galaxy has been snatching neighbouring galaxies, making them part of its own orbit since the beginning of times. There are at least 6 galaxies that we know of that used to orbit Large Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy located about 163,000 light years from us. Now they’re all part of Milky Way!