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Cosmic Question Mark !

In a discovery that seems almost too perfect to be true, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured an image of a cosmic question mark. The strange phenomenon is, according to scientists, the result of the interaction of two galaxies.

The cosmic question mark is actually a part of a larger image. Webb recently captured the intricate dance of a pair of young stars, known as Herbig-Haro 46/47, through advanced near-infrared imaging.

The curious nickname of the image comes from the unusual shape of the galaxies, which seems to take the form of a question mark in our visual perception. They are actually two separate galaxies, engaged in a gravitational interaction that distorts their shape and modifies their trajectory.

NGC 6357,

Also referred to as the Lobster Nebula, resides near NGC 6334 in the Scorpius constellation. Within its expanse, numerous proto-stars are veiled by dense gas disks, while young stars are enveloped in expanding gases resembling “cocoons.”

Dubbed the War and Peace Nebula by scientists, its infrared imagery depicts a dove-like figure in the western region and a skull-like appearance in the east.

James Webb Space Telescope’s photo of Uranus !

Taken by the James Webb Space Telescope using infrared light, the image captures storms, 14 of Uranus’s 27 known moons, a seasonal cloud cap at the northern pole, and detailed depictions of the planet’s rings, including the faint Zeta ring closest to the center.

Inner Ring of Galaxy NGC 1097 

This galaxy is located 45 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Fornax. Eris has captured the gaseous, dusty ring that sits right in the center of the galaxy. 

The bright spots on the ring are stellar nurseries. This image was captured through four different filters by Eris' state-of-the-art infrared imager, the Near Infrared Camera System, or NIX, which will replace the Naco imager used until now. 

To put Nix's resolution into perspective, this image details a patch of sky less than 0.03% the size of the full moon.