The discoverer of this object was John Herschel, who first saw it on March 15, 1836.
The James Webb Space Telescope captured an image of the unusual galaxy NGC 3256 in the constellation Sail. This was reported by the ESA observatory.
About 120 million light-years away, this Milky Way-sized galaxy is home to the Hydra-Centaurus supercluster.
Experts note that NGC 3256 may appear peaceful, but this image shows the result of an ancient cosmic collision. The galaxy is a fragment of a head-on collision of two equally massive spiral galaxies, according to astronomers, which hit each other about 500 million years ago.
NGC 3256’s explosive past is revealed in a long trail of glowing dust and stars extending outward from the main body of the galaxy. Also, the bright red and orange regions spread throughout the galaxy contain young stars created by the collision.
It was previously reported that the James Webb Space Telescope took the first images and spectra of Mars.
Source: korrespondent
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