WTF is that?
"It is probably a distant galaxy, or potentially interacting galaxies ," representatives of the Space Telescope Science Institute, which manages the telescope's science operations, told the outlet."This may be the first time we've seen this particular object," the representatives added. "Additional follow-up would be required to figure out what it is with any certainty.
Matt Caplan, an assistant professor of physics at Illinois State University, went a step further, tellingthat it "could easily be merging galaxies in the background, with the upper part of the question mark being part of a larger galaxy getting tidally disrupted." "Given the color of some of the other background galaxies, this doesn't seem like the worst explanation," he added. "Despite how chaotic mergers are, double lobed objects with curvy tails extending away from them are very typical."More on James Webb:
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