NASA's Webb photographs spectacular spiral galaxy born from 'cosmic clash'
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The latest image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveals an enormously bright spiral galaxy lying about 120 million light-years away in the constellation Vela. Despite its serene appearance, this distorted galaxy, dubbed NGC 3256, is actually the result of a "cosmic clash" that happened 500 million years ago. It is the aftermath of a head-on collision between two spiral galaxies.
