NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured images of galaxies NGC 2936 and NGC 2937 in the shape of a penguin and an egg.
nguins are great parents, even in space. In this new image, the Penguin Galaxy (NGC 2936) and the Egg Galaxy (NGC 2937) are seen in a cosmic embrace, connected by stars and blue gas fuzz," the telescope's official Twitter account said.
According to NASA, the "penguin" and the "egg" have been approaching each other for tens of millions of years, and will eventually merge into one galaxy. The distance between them is currently about 25 times less than the distance between the Milky Way and our nearest galaxy.
It is worth noting that the publication of this image coincides with the second anniversary of the first images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, which is considered the largest and most powerful space telescope launched by humanity. This telescope is capable of detecting relatively cold planets located at a distance of up to 100 astronomical units from the parent star, as well as obtaining the spectral lines of these planets. Currently, there is no other telescope that can perform such tasks.