NASA posts 'Ghost face' photo of 2 colliding galaxies before Halloween

As America prepares for spooky festival of Halloween, its ncy NASA on Monday, released a photo of two galaxies colliding with each or. On closer observation, photo resembles an alien face with two glowing, shiny, yellow eyeholes. photo shows a blue elongated face formed by two colliding galaxies on starry background, captured by NASA's Hubble telescope which is a  joint project from NASA and ESA.

NASA's Halloween post - 'Ghost face'

"Each 'eye' is bright core of a galaxy, result of one galaxy slamming into ar," NASA said in a release Monday. It added, " outline of face is a ring of young blue stars. Or clumps of new stars form a se and mouth."

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What is 'Ghost face'?

Detailing two colliding galaxies, European ncy (ESA) stated that galaxy system is called Arp-Madore 2026-424 and is located 704 million light-years away, in its official Hubble website. It added that this violent encounter gives system an arresting ring structure for a limited time. crash has pulled and stretched galaxies’ discs of gas, dust, and stars outward, forming ring of intense star formation that shapes “se” and “face” features of system, explained ESA.

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NASA's previous Halloween posts 

Reports state that in 2018, Hubble Telescope had spotted a 'Bat Shadow in Serpent's Tail' during a Halloween. im shows part of a star-forming region called Serpens Nebula which resides at tail of Serpent constellation, as per reports. im bore a close resemblance to Batman's Bat-signal, which had made fans rejoice. But, it was an 'analog of what solar system looked like when it was only 1 or 2 million years old', as per a Telescope Science Institute (STScI) astromer.

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Webb telescope fully assembled

Meanwhile, in August, Hubble telescope's successor James Webb Telescope (Webb) was assembled completely for first time at rthrop Grumman’s facilities in Redondo Beach, California. telescope which will be launched into in 2021, as revealed by NASA, is currently undergoing its final tests in laboratory. Touted as NASA's most powerful and complex telescope, Webb Telescope will explore cosmos using infrared light, from planets and moons throughout universe, according to NASA. NASA has been developing Webb for over a year.