Dazzling eyelid-like features bursting with stars in galaxy

Dazzling eyelid-like features bursting with stars in galaxy IC 2163 formed from a tsunami of stars triggered by a glancing collision with galaxy NGC 2207 (a potion of its spiral arm is shown on right side of image). ALMA image of carbon monoxide (orange), which revealed motion of the gas in these features, is shown on top of Hubble image (blue) of the galaxy. Credit: M. Kaufman; B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF); ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO); NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope