One of the consequences of the collision of two galaxies appears to be
A) a burst of vigorous star birth.
B) a very large explosion, similar to but much larger than a supernova, often known as a superdupernova.
C) almost nothing since stars are widely separated in each galaxy and the probability of star-star collisions is very small.
D) the disappearance of one of them into the central black hole of the other.
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