According to the written statement made by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, scientists combined images of the spiral galaxies IC 2163 and NGC 2207 from JWST‘s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) and Hubble’s ultraviolet and visible light cameras.
The resulting “scary” image shows the image of two giant spiral galaxies coming very close to each other, almost “touching”, millions of years ago.
The scene appears as if blood were pumping from the upper part of the “face without flesh” and the long, frightening “view” of the galaxy’s nuclei as “two burning eyes” shining into the cosmic darkness.
“They may have passed too close together”
Scientists have found evidence of “small scratches” on shock fronts where matter in galaxies may have collided with each other.
The bright red lines, which are also visible on the “eyelids”, are like bulging arms, veiny galaxies.
It was found that during the first close pass of the galaxies, gravity bent the curved arms and tidal-like extensions were created in a few places.
The researchers found that the scattered, tiny spiral arms between the heart and left arm of IC 2163, located on the left side of the image, were formed by the influence of gravity.
Gravity has created a thin, translucent arm that appears to “pull” from the top of the slightly larger galaxy NGC 2207 and extends outward from the image.
It hosts SUPERNOVAS
Scientists have discovered several “heartbeat” regions of high star formation along the “arms” extending from the two galaxies.
These galaxies have been found to cause the formation of two dozen sun-sized stars each year. The Milky Way Galaxy can only produce two or three sun-like stars each year.
In addition, both galaxies have been found to have hosted 7 supernovae in recent years. This number occurs once every 50 years in the Milky Way Galaxy.
It is believed that these supernovas create space in the expansion arms of galaxies, then cool and merge, causing the formation of stars.
The researchers noted that the bright regions in the image show mini-starbursts where many stars are forming rapidly, while the upper and lower “eyelids” of IC 2163 on the left also appear brighter due to the formation of new stars.
Scientists believe that galaxies can pass each other again and again over millions of years, their cores and arms could merge and turn into one brighter “cyclops” like an “eye”, and their arms can also reshape.
Secil Selen Balık
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2024-11-02 00:10:00
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