Infrared
Posted on 07/31/2024 12:04:45 PM PDT by MtnClimber
FROM YESTERDAY:
Explanation: To some, it looks like a penguin. But to people who study the universe, it is an interesting example of two big galaxies interacting. Just a few hundred million years ago, the upper NGC 2936 was likely a normal spiral galaxy: spinning, creating stars, and minding its own business. Then it got too close to the massive elliptical galaxy NGC 2937, below, and took a dive. Together known as Arp 142, they are featured in this new Webb infrared image, while a visible light Hubble image appears in comparison. NGC 2936 is not only being deflected, but distorted, by this close gravitational interaction. When massive galaxies pass near each other, gas is typically condensed from which new stars form. A young group of stars appears as the nose of the penguin toward the right of the upper galaxy, while in the center of the spiral, bright stars together appear as an eye. Before a billion years, the two galaxies will likely merge into one larger galaxy.
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Infrared
So that is what HARP has been up to. They’ve summoned a galactic hummingbird.
In the Hubble photo it looks like a hummingbird with glasses.
A hummingbird wearing glasses so It can find the cheeseburgers.
Yes, but we didn’t tell them our oceans are salty, not sweet...
Good move.
the joke will be on the giant humingbird when it sucks our oceans dry only to realize it’s salty.
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