Distant Galaxy Merger Captured by Hubble Space Telescope (Photo)

You can ring in the new year with some celestial fireworks, courtesy of the iconic Hubble Space Telescope. "It would be reasonable to think of this as a single abnormal galaxy, and it was originally classified as such," European Space Agency (ESA) officials wrote in a description of the image, which was released on Dec. 28. While NGC 6052's shape is chaotic now — or was 230 million years ago anyway, when the photons detected by Hubble began their long cosmic journey — the galaxy will