Barred spiral galaxies

Webb telescope captures new detail of Phantom Galaxy

The James Webb space telescope has revealed dazzling new detail of a previously known slice of the cosmos 32 million light-years away, in a new picture released by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA).

The infrared technology of the telescope, launched in December 2021, has allowed for an even clearer view of the so-called Phantom Galaxy than astronomers had ever seen before.

The Hubble Space Telescope Recorded the Fusion of Galaxies (Photos)

Scientists have acquired an early stage photo from a galactic fusion process thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope.

The two galaxies that were shot are some 350 million light years away from the Earth in the constellation Whale. The process is in an early stage. They will continue to converge for millions of years, and then become a homogeneous structure.