While supercomputers are needed for the details, the basic physics of how tidal tails form is simple.

The tidal tails were first observed by the Magellan Telescopes.

This large galaxy is known to possess tidal tails, although their origins remain unknown.

Within those galaxies which have tidal tails, approximately 10% of the galaxy's stellar formation takes place in the tail.

Overall, roughly 1% of all stellar formation in the known universe occurs within tidal tails.

Most tidal tails are slightly curved due to the rotation of the host galaxies.

The filaments in these objects may represent tidal tails from galaxy interactions.

This is another category containing galaxies with tidal tails produced by gravitational interactions.

It has an approximately 300,000 light-years long tidal tail.

The name name comes from the huge tidal tails that come off the ends of the two galaxies.