NASA releases new 'Penguin and Egg' image from James Webb Space Telescope

Posted on AllSides July 12th, 2024
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NASA has released a stunning new image from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) marking the two-year anniversary of the release of its first images. And the space agency is calling it the "Penguin and Egg." What exactly are we looking at? Well, it's two interacting galaxies known jointly as Arp 142 that lie 326 million light-years from Earth. They are 100,000 light-years apart, which may sound far, but in astronomical terms, that's very close. In contrast, our Milky Way and the closest major galaxy to us — the Andromeda...

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