Photo: NASA-ESA/STScI/AURA/JPL-Caltech
Stargazers can find constellations in all kinds of shapes in the sky.
However, it takes a special eyeor rather, an advanced telescopeto find shapes in distant galaxies.
Rather than being amorphous, these faraway worlds look amazingly like a penguin and an egg.
Photo: NASA-ESA/STScI/AURA/JPL-Caltech
These penguin and egg-shaped galaxies were captured by our Spitzer and @NASAHubble space telescopes.
Even to a casual astronomy observer, the differences between NGC 2936 and NGC 2937 are noticeably different.
While they are separated for now, these galaxies are slowly being pulled together.
Photo: NASA-ESA/STScI/AURA/JPL-Caltech
NASA says: Over time, gravity will bring these two galaxies closer together until they merge into one.
NASA shared images of penguin and egg-shaped galaxies that are 23 million light-years away from Earth.
The organization even drew an outline to clearly see familiar figures.
Photos: NASA-ESA/STScI/AURA/JPL-Caltech
