JWST pinpoints the ‘invisible’ engine that powers the galaxies in the middle of a collision (IMAGE)

Hiroshima University

JWST pinpoints the ‘invisible’ engine that powers the galaxies in the middle of a collision

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Astronomers from an international team have used the James Webb Space Telescope to reveal, for the first time, the exact location of the source powering colliding galaxies. Curiously, this source lies outside of the main parts of the galaxies and is not visible at all in the ultraviolet or visible light observed with the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Hanae Inami, Hiroshima University

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