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Space jellyfish! 🪼

This "jellyfish galaxy" JW39 is about 900 million light-years away. It earned this nickname because of the galaxy's trailing tendrils of star formation that stretch away from JW39's central disk.

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Hubble Captures a Drifting Galaxy

The jellyfish galaxy JW39 hangs serenely in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
Andrea Gianopoulos (NASA)
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Lady Talia
Lady Talia
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I love you posts, but could you think about adding alt text to you pictures? It's be so more accessible!

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