NASA’s Telescope Spots a Sonic Boom Bigger Than the Milky Way

Jan 9 2023 by The Daily Beast

 
NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI

One of the most stunning images taken so far by NASA’s powerful James Webb Space Telescope is of Stephan’s Quintet, a group of five galaxies roughly 290 million light-years away. While the first pristine snapshot released last year was jaw-dropping on its own, the Webb team is also teaming up with other telescopes to uncover new insights into the group—including a cataclysmically enormous shockwave caused by an intergalactic collision.

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