by A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows Arp 107, home to two merging galaxies, with two bright cores and a "bridge" of dust and gas forming a cosmic smiley face.
What it is: Arp 107, a pair of interacting galaxies
Where it is: 465 million light-years away, in the constellation Leo Minor
Why it's so special: A new James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) image has revealed the striking celestial sight of a large spiral galaxy — much like our own Milky Way — interacting with a small elliptical galaxy.
Proving that sometimes it's not what you look at in the night sky that matters but how you look at it, the new image somewhat resembles a cosmic face.
The two galaxy cores become its bright "eyes," while a bridge of stars connecting them forms a semicircular "smile."
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What it is: Arp 107, a pair of interacting galaxies
Where it is: 465 million light-years away, in the constellation Leo Minor
Why it's so special: A new James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) image has revealed the striking celestial sight of a large spiral galaxy — much like our own Milky Way — interacting with a small elliptical galaxy.
Proving that sometimes it's not what you look at in the night sky that matters but how you look at it, the new image somewhat resembles a cosmic face.
The two galaxy cores become its bright "eyes," while a bridge of stars connecting them forms a semicircular "smile."
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