A STUNNING new image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope shows two galaxies "plunging headlong into each other".
The spectacular event is known as a "galaxy merger" – creating a dazzling display of star formation.
IC 1623 is an interacting galaxy system that is very bright when observed in the infrared. One of the two galaxies, the infrared-bright, but optically obscured galaxy VV 114E, has a substantial amount of warm and dense gas. Warm and dense gas is also found in the overlap region connecting the two nuclei.
Astronomers say a "frenzied" process of star creation has begun as a result of the merger.
New stars are being formed around 20 times faster than in the Milky Way galaxy, scientists say.
These merging galaxies may even be in the early stages of forming a supermassive black hole
It's a major astrophotography coup so early on in the James Webb Space Telescope's life, given that it only launched in December last year.
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