NASA's Webb telescope offers a spectacular glimpse of merging galaxies
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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has caught a pair of merging galaxies called II ZW 96. The cosmic collision lies approximately 500 million light-years away, in the constellation Delphinus. The reason why the colliding galaxies appear distorted is because of the gravitational attraction between them. While the galactic merger takes the center stage, several other galaxies can also be spotted in the picture.
