File:NASA's Chandra Adds X-ray Vision to Webb Images - Cartwheel Galaxy X-ray Only (52404932904).jpg
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editDescriptionNASA's Chandra Adds X-ray Vision to Webb Images - Cartwheel Galaxy X-ray Only (52404932904).jpg |
The Cartwheel galaxy gets its shape from a collision with another smaller galaxy — located outside the field of this image — about 100 million years ago. When this smaller galaxy punched through the Cartwheel, it triggered star formation that appears around an outer ring and elsewhere throughout the galaxy. X-rays seen by Chandra (blue and purple) come from superheated gas, individual exploded stars, and neutron stars and black holes pulling material from companion stars. View a composite of Webb + Chandra data here: www.flickr.com/photos/nasawebbtelescope/52404135532/in/ph... Full set of images and information: chandra.si.edu/photo/2022/chandrawebb/ Image credits: NASA/CXC |
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Source | NASA's Chandra Adds X-ray Vision to Webb Images - Cartwheel Galaxy X-ray Only |
Author | NASA's James Webb Space Telescope from Greenbelt, MD, USA |
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