Webb’s anniversary snapshot!
The James Webb Space Telescope, launched on December 25, 2021, has been taking awesome pictures of space.
This special telescope helps scientists see things that our eyes can’t see using infrared light.
To celebrate its second birthday, Webb took an amazing picture of two galaxies called the "Penguin" and the "Egg," also known as Arp 142.
Meet the Penguin and the Egg galaxies.
Arp 142 is very far from Earth, about 326 million light-years away in a place called the Hydra constellation. In the picture, the two galaxies look like a penguin next to an egg.
The Penguin galaxy has changed a lot because of the Egg galaxy.
Webb’s cameras show a blue glow, which shows how the stars and gas are mixing in the galaxies.
Why is this image important?
Thanks to the James Webb Telescope, we can see new details.
The Penguin galaxy looks different now because it has been interacting with the Egg galaxy. The stars and gas are creating new baby stars in the Penguin’s tail and beak.
The Egg galaxy has older stars and hasn’t changed much.
