Hubble has photographed a galactic jellyfish 800 million light years from Earth

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a jellyfish-shaped galaxy. It's called JW100, 800 million light-years away from our planet.

Here's What We Know

The Galactic Jellyfish is a spiral galaxy. The bright streams of gas in which new stars form look like tentacles. These objects usually result from galaxies colliding with diffuse gas.

Hubble was able to take a picture of JW100 from the side. In the photo, we can see the bulge of a galaxy containing a large number of stars. At the same time, the diffuse gas that passes through JW100 carries away dust and gas.

The few yellow spots in the photo are elliptical galaxies that surround JW100. The largest of these is called IC 5338. It has two nuclei that have not yet merged together.

Scientists have been observing JW100 to study how stars form in the tentacles. This will allow researchers to learn more about the process of star formation in the separated regions of the universe.

Source: space