The Mice, NGC 4676 A and B, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 40. $900.00

Two spiral galaxies in the midst of a cosmic collision, the Mice lie about 300 million light-years from us in the constellation Coma Berenices. Computer simulations show that we are seeing the galaxies about 160 million years after their closest encounter with one another. The difference between the gravitational pulls from one another's near and far portions created their "tails" of stars and dust. Eventually, gravity will coalesce them into one huge elliptical galaxy.