Ryan Wallace
Earlier this month, with the discovery of two colliding galaxies, an international group of astronomers found that there is far more than meets the eye. In fact, the team found that one of Albert Einstein’s posits in his general theory of relativity not only has real world applications, but can help us see deeper in time and space. The discovery of the colliding galaxies, named “HATLAS J142935.3-002836”, was by no means an easy feat. As the collision took place roughly 6.9 billion years ago, when the universe was only half its age, the cosmic event is far beyond the reach of event the most powerful telescopes on Earth or in space. To address the issue, lead researcher Hugo Messias of the Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, at the University of Lisbon, Portugal decided to think outside of the box and make a theoretical notion a reality.
