NASA has shared an image of a pair of galaxies that look like a penguin and its egg is millions of light-years away from Earth.
The image was taken by the US space agency's space telescope Hubble y Spitzer of Orb 142 It bears an uncanny resemblance to a penguin guarding an egg.
The cosmic work is located about 23 million light-years from Earth, that is, at least ten times greater distance than it is located AndromedaNeighboring galaxy Milky way.
The NASA He explained that the couple's part was a twisted spiral galaxy pulled by his neighbor's hand. Due to its combination of features, new stars, gas waves and others, its decay is easily visible.
The “egg”, in contrast, appears featureless due to the uniform distribution of older stars. This hides any pattern caused by your neighbors.
The space agency notes that over time, gravity will bring these two galaxies closer together until they merge. This type of merger may have occurred in the history of the largest galaxies we see today milky way
What is the “penguin” captured by NASA made of?
Officially known as “Penguin”. NGC 2936Its newly formed stars can be seen in blue filaments captured by the Hubble telescope.
Filaments of gas mixed with dust can be seen as red filaments detected by long wavelengths of infrared light with the Spitzer telescope.
Named “Egg”. NGC 2937 And the green glow indicates that this is a very old population of stars.
The fact that Spitzer did not collect any red dust shows that long ago it lost its deposits of gas and dust from which new stars were born.
Combining light from the visible and infrared spectra helps astronomers piece together the complex story of galaxy life cycles, according to NASA's Propulsion Laboratory. NASA.
