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
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.
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