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1/ This new Webb picture of the month shows IC 1623, a pair of interacting galaxies, plunging into one another. Their collision has ignited a spate of star formation creating new stars at a rate above 20 times that of the Milky Way. Read more 👉 esawebb.org/images/potm221… and 👇 
2/ Astronomers used Webb's #MIRI, #NIRSpec, and #NIRCam instruments to investigate IC 1623. This will allow scientists to unravel the interactions in galactic ecosystems. These observations are also accompanied by data from other observatories, like @HUBBLE_space #BFFinSpace
@HUBBLE_space 3/ The luminous core of this merger is very bright and highly compact, so much so that Webb’s diffraction spikes appear atop the galaxy in this image. The 8-pronged diffraction spikes are created by the interaction of starlight with the physical structure of the telescope.
#BFFinSpace As @HUBBLE_space celebrates its 32nd year of operations, here are some captivating facts about the observatory’s achievements and impact 👇
📷 @esa
📷 @esa
@HUBBLE_space @esa 🔴 Launched on 24 April 1990, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has made more than 1.5 million observations of about 50 000 celestial objects 👇
@HUBBLE_space @esa 🔴 Astronomers using Hubble data have published more than 19 000 scientific papers, with more than 1000 of those papers published in 2021 👇
On 24 April @HUBBLE_space celebrates its 32nd year of operations 🍾 and as #BFFinSpace, we want to celebrate together 🎂 with this anniversary image of a galaxy grouping 👇
📷 NASA, ESA, and STScI
Music: Mylonite – Breath of my Soul
📷 NASA, ESA, and STScI
Music: Mylonite – Breath of my Soul
@HUBBLE_space This pan presents an unusual close-knit collection of five galaxies 🌀 called the Hickson Compact Group 40. Three spiral-shaped galaxies, an elliptical galaxy and a lenticular (lens-like) galaxy somehow have crossed paths ...👇
@HUBBLE_space ... to create an exceptionally crowded & eclectic galaxy sampler. The 📸 reflects a special moment in their lifetimes as they fall together. In about 1 billion years they will eventually collide & merge to form a single giant elliptical galaxy. Way to go, @HUBBLE_space !
Breaking News 📣 #Hubble breaks new record detecting the most distant individual star ever seen. Nicknamed Earendel by the authors, this star existed within the first billion years after the Universe’s birth in the Big Bang 🎆
Full story: 🔗 esahubble.org/news/heic2203/
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Full story: 🔗 esahubble.org/news/heic2203/
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📌 The newly detected star is so far away that its light has taken 12.9 billion years to reach Earth, appearing to us as it did when the Universe was only 7% of its current age.
🗨️ "It’s like we’ve been reading a really interesting book, but we started with the 2nd chapter & now we will have a chance to see how it all got started,” said astronomer Brian Welch of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, lead author of the paper
