[NASA] NASA’s Chandra Spots Galactic Gem

[SpaceMan 0]

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI; Infrared: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare and J. Major

Two galaxies merge at a furious rate in this Aug. 25, 2026, image of the II Zw 096 system. This and several other images of both visually and scientifically interesting galaxies were released by

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

and other telescopes.

Chandra X-ray data (magenta) pinpoint powerful ****** hole activity and hot gas, while optical data (blue and white) from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and infrared data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope illuminate vast stellar nurseries hidden behind interstellar dust. Systems like II Zw 096 show us how powerful galaxy collisions shaped the early universe.

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

Image credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI; Infrared: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare and J. Major

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up