A Cosmic Tadpole Swims into Hubble's View

Things change. Even galaxies. They started off as monumentally huge clouds of gas, which then collapsed. A lot of things happened at that point, including star birth, interactions with other galaxies, the formation of a giant black hole in the center, perhaps the triggering of events that lead to the creation of fantastic spiral arms, and more. Eventually, you get galaxies as we see them today: Some big, some small, some spiral, some elliptical, some with no real shape at all. But some are still...