# @nasaartemis on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BgJ07kGFovq
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/15344211-nasaartemis-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2018-03-10T18:56:32.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA Artemis (@nasaartemis) — https://gondola.cc/nasaartemis

## Caption

Distant interacting galaxies – located 23 million light-years away – bear an uncanny resemblance to a penguin guarding an egg. The “penguin” was probably once a relatively normal-looking spiral galaxy, flattened like a pancake with smoothly symmetric spiral arms. The “egg” is distinctly different with its greenish glow, which tells the story of a population of much older stars. Discover more about this pair that has a mutual gravitational attraction, slowing dragging them closer together: http://go.nasa.gov/2EcCIDm

Credit: NASA-ESA/STScI/AURA/JPL-Caltech

#nasa #spacepics #nasajpl #universe

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