NASA Webb Telescope on Twitter: "In visible light, this galaxy looks like a jellyfish with blue "tentacles" of young stars dangling from its disk. In X-ray light, a giant tail of hot gas streams behind the galaxy. Infrared #NASAWebb will study this tail of gas & the stars forming in it. https://t.co/4J2YGWYE2l… https://t.co/8KGuA6BXtZ"

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In visible light, this galaxy looks like a jellyfish with blue "tentacles" of young stars dangling from its disk. In X-ray light, a giant tail of hot gas streams behind the galaxy. Infrared #NASAWebb will study this tail of gas & the stars forming in it. https://go.nasa.gov/2Gk4IDT pic.twitter.com/pWKd4rNOXD

The spiral galaxy ESO 137-001 is an example of a “jellyfish” galaxy, because blue tendrils of star formation stream away from it like jellyfish tentacles. NASA’s Webb Space Telescope will study those sites of star formation to learn more about conditions there.
Credits: NASA, ESA

This composite view of ESO 137-001 includes visible light from Hubble and X-ray light from the Chandra X-ray Observatory (in blue). It reveals a tail of hot gas that has been stripped from the galaxy.
Credits: NASA, ESA, CXC

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1. James B. Webb‏ @BrainRage 17 Apr 2019
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  James Webb is sniffing out hot gas streams from a giant tail, not crazy about this one...
  
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1. John Malcolm McMenemy‏ @AberJohnny 17 Apr 2019
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  Remind us of proposed launch date and operational acceptance? Thanks. A
  
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1. edmilson oliveira‏ @edmilsonlucian9 18 Apr 2019
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