| Effects
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| | Stars pass through each other, although orbits
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| | Gas clouds collide |
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| | Gas stripped away from stars |
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| | Collisions cause bursts of star formation |
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| | Ellipticals may be galaxies which have suffered
collisions |
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| | Spirals may be galaxies which have not suffered
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| | Joshua
Barnes (Hawaii) and the Space Telescope Science |
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| http://imgsrc.stsci.edu/op/pubinfo/pr/1997/34/images/anima.m |
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