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JWST sees colliding galaxies

JWST sees colliding galaxies
JWST sees colliding galaxies Two spiral galaxies, NGC 2207 and IC 2163, passing by each other in space. The smaller, less massive galaxy on the left will eventually be pulled back by the larger galaxy on the right, and the two will merge over billions of years. Composite image of infrared data from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope and X-ray data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Infrared: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/Webb; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare