The image released Friday depicts two merging galaxies, nicknamed 'the Penguin and the Egg,' that are about 100,000 light years apart, a surprisingly close distance in astronomical terms.
On Friday, to mark the second anniversary of operations of the James Webb Space Telescope ,
, the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency. Unlike the Hubble Space Telescope, which orbits around the Earth, Webb orbits the sun at a distance of about 1 million miles away from Earth. The image released Friday depicts two merging galaxies, collectively known as Arp 142, and fittingly nicknamed 'the Penguin and the Egg.
headquarters in Washington, told CBS News. He explained that unlike the Hubble Telescope, Webb 'can actually see inside these big dust clouds, and start to study stars as they're being formed.' This allows scientists to watch these stars evolve and study how the planetary systems are born around them.
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