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Sharmila Kuthunur

Hubble captures starry tentacles of faraway 'jellyfish galaxy' in stunning detail (photo)

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured this shot of the "jellyfish galaxy" JW39, which lies about 900 million light-years from Earth. (Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. Gullieuszik and the GASP team)

A faraway galaxy's cosmic tentacles are on full display in a gorgeous new image captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.

The Hubble snapshot reveals a deceptively serene "jellyfish galaxy" called JW39, which lies over 900 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Coma Berenices. 

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