The ring shape of the Cartwheel Galaxy is due to collisions with another galaxy.
<h3>What causes the ring shape of the Cartwheel Galaxy?</h3>
The unusual shape of the Cartwheel Galaxy is due to a collision with a smaller galaxy. The recent star burst has lighted up the Cartwheel rim which has a diameter larger than that of the Milky Way galaxy in which our planet exists. The Cartwheel Galaxy is a lenticular ring galaxy which is about 500 million light-years away. This galaxy was discovered by Fritz Zwicky in the year 1941.
So we can conclude that the ring shape of the Cartwheel Galaxy is due to collisions with another galaxy.
