Hubble telescope captures stunning jellyfish galaxy 700 million light-years away.

Hubble captured an image of JO206, a jellyfish galaxy located 700 million light-years away in the constellation Aquarius. The galaxy's tendrils of star formation were formed by interactions between the galaxy and superheated plasma within galaxy clusters called the intra-cluster medium. Astronomers use images like these to study star formation in rare and extreme conditions. Data collected from Hubble showed that there are no significant differences in star formation within the disks and tentacles of jellyfish galaxies, indicating that newly formed stars aren't as influenced by their environment as previously thought.