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Hubble reveals another jellyfish-like galaxy

  • April 10, 2023
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The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope photographed the jellyfish-like galaxy JO204 in the constellation Sextant. This was reported by the observatory, reported Ukrinform. The galaxy itself is located about

Hubble reveals another jellyfish-like galaxy
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope photographed the jellyfish-like galaxy JO204 in the constellation Sextant.

This was reported by the observatory, reported Ukrinform.

The galaxy itself is located about 600 million light-years from our planet, in the constellation Sextant.

While the thin strips of gas beneath JO204 may look like the floating “tentacles” of a jellyfish, they are actually the result of an intense astronomical process known as velocity thrust.

It is stated that jellyfish-like galaxies experience sharp pressure due to their movement against the intergalactic medium.

Galaxies are subjected to intense pressure from this movement, and as a result, their more loosely bound gases are ejected.

This gas is mostly the colder, denser gas in the galaxy — gas that, when mixed and compressed under extreme pressure, collapses to form new stars in the tentacles of jellyfish galaxies.

As reported by Ukrinform, in February the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope photographed the jellyfish-like galaxy JO201 in the Chinese constellation using the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) camera.

Source: Ukrinform

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