The distorted spiral galaxy at middle, the Penguin, and the compact elliptical at left, the Egg, are locked in an energetic embrace. This near- and mid-infrared picture combines knowledge from NASA’s James Webb House Telescope’s NIRCam (Close to-Infrared Digicam) and MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument), and marks the telescope’s second 12 months of science. Webb’s view reveals that their interplay is marked by a glow of scattered stars represented in blue. Recognized collectively as Arp 142, the galaxies made their first move by each other between 25 and 75 million years in the past, inflicting “fireworks,” or new star formation, within the Penguin. The galaxies are roughly the identical mass, which is why one hasn’t consumed the opposite.
Picture Credit score: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
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