Don’t turn your back, don’t look away, and don’t blink!⁣ ⁣ Our @NASAWebb and @NASAHubble telescopes teamed up to keep an eye on a pair of galaxies that are… staring back? These glaring galaxies have eye-like cores that peer out from a bloody red mask; those grisly colors represent a combination of mid-infrared light from Webb with visible and ultraviolet light from Hubble.⁣ ⁣ To date, these galaxies have only grazed each other, but there is some possible evidence of the collision visible in this image. For instance, the bright red lines that make the “eyelids” are potential proof of material from the galaxies slamming together. Those lines may cause the appearance of the galaxies’ bulging, vein-like arms.⁣ ⁣ The galaxies’ first pass may have also distorted their delicately curved arms. The diffuse, tiny spiral arms between the left spiral’s core and its far-left arm may be an example of this activity. Even more tendrils look like they’re hanging between the galaxies’ cores. Another ...