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The two galaxies are designated NGC 2936 and NGC 2937 — but more famously, they’re known as the Penguin and the Egg. The team behind the James Webb Space Telescope unveiled the new image of ...
The pair, technically named Arp 142, have been nicknamed the Penguin and the Egg for their resemblance to a penguin’s head and body. The huge gravitational forces of the galaxies are causing the ...
NASA calls the image the penguin and the egg. The galaxies first passed each other tens of millions of years ago causing the new star formation that makes the shape of the penguin. Scientists say ...
Their fitting nickname? The Penguin and the Egg. The telescope captured the galaxies using its Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI). The Penguin and the Egg first ...
(CNN) — The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a stunning new view of two galaxies, nicknamed the Penguin and the Egg, locked in a cosmic dance to mark the observatory’s second anniversary.