"NASA Discovers Adorable Optical Illusion in Space"

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"NASA Discovers Adorable Optical Illusion in Space"
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NASA has discovered an adorable optical illusion in space, featuring two distant galaxies that resemble a penguin guarding an egg. The galaxies, known as Arp 142, are 23 million light-years away and are being gradually drawn closer together by gravity. The image, captured by the Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes, shows the penguin galaxy, officially named NGC 2936, being distorted by its neighbor, NGC 2937. The combination of visible and infrared light from the telescopes helps astronomers understand the life cycles of galaxies.

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