NASA shares 'galactic ghoul' image from Hubble Space Telescope
NASA has been sharing spooky images from space this week to mark Halloween.
On Monday, the agency shared a photo of the sun that looked like a fiery jack-o'-lantern on the agency's Twitter account. NASA shared another spooky photo on Tuesday, which the agency called a "galactic ghoul."
👀 When we peer deep into space, we don't expect to find something staring back at us...
— NASA (@NASA) October 29, 2019
This galactic ghoul, captured by @NASAHubble, is really a head-on collision between 2 galaxies. Get spooked & find out what lies inside this ghostly apparition: https://t.co/xV2KiWphxf pic.twitter.com/dZnn70C1ty
NASA said the image was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope on June 19, 2019, and is a "titanic head-on collision between two galaxies."
The "eye" seen in the image represents the core of a galaxy, while the "face" is outlined by a ring of young blue stars and clumps of new stars form a nose and mouth, NASA said.
While galaxy collisions are common, most are not of the head-on variety, NASA said.
