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JO204, a “jellyfish galaxy” situated 600 million light-years away in the constellation Sextans, features bright tendrils of gas that look like jellyfish tentacles. Captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, this image is part of a series of Pictures of the Week highlighting jellyfish galaxies. These galaxies are crucibles for star formation due to an astronomical process called ram pressure stripping. As the galaxies move against the intergalactic medium, their loosely bound gas is stripped away, causing the colder and…

Enypniastes eximia or headless chicken monster? You be the judge. Image: NOAAWhy leave Earth in search of aliens when you can just dive right into our oceans? No doubt, the seas are filled with all sorts of oddities that often defy description, from incomprehensibly shaped comb jellies through to gigantic isopods that more rightly belong in a 1960s B-picture. Case in point, these 12 bizarro sea animals, all of which will have you questioning reality.This article was originally published on November 12, 2020.…

From galaxies, Sun, planets, to asteroids, meteors, and more, space is virtually infinite. These objects are of different sizes and shapes. Have you heard of a jellyfish galaxy? Yes, it exists! A jellyfish galaxy with trailing tentacles of stars hanging in inky blackness has been clicked by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Sharing the image of the same Hubble tweeted, "This image shows a "jellyfish" galaxy called JO201. As jellyfish galaxies move through space, gas is slowly stripped away – forming trails that look like…

By ESA/Hubble February 27, 2023Hubble Space Telescope image of a jellyfish galaxy. (Image zoomed in to show detail. See the wider view below.) Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. GullieuszikA jellyfish galaxy with trailing tentacles of stars hangs in inky blackness in this image from the <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>Hubble Space Telescope</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>The Hubble Space Telescope (often referred…

SpaceX launched two new satellites into orbit this past week, creating a beautiful twilight effect as the rocket blazed through the atmosphere. The effect, which resembled that of a space jellyfish, was captured by multiple people on social media, including a few beautiful photos shared by NCSpaceOps on Twitter.  The rocket’s launch happened around twilight, with the launch sending two satellites called O3b mPower 1 and 2. Because of the timing, the gases from the rocket created a plume, which can be seen in…

Science writer Sabrina Imbler’s essay collection combines autobiographical musings with striking accounts of the weirder proclivities of various sea creatures, from jellyfish to sturgeon, cuttlefish to whales.Unfortunately, the two registers often don’t fit together. There is a pleasingly close description of some unidentified oceanic blobs that are “firm yet gelatinous, ovoid and transparent” and “looked like raindrops, or tears, water in a state of falling”. These blobs rise in swarms depending on the current and the…

When Avi Silver settles into work each morning, they usually put a YouTube video titled “2 Hours Of Chill Shrimp To Work/Study/Relax” on their living room TV.“It has shrimp, it’s great, it’s so relaxing,” they said. “And then at the one hour and 22-minute mark, it gets inexplicably funky for about four minutes, and then goes back to being chill. It’s a whole experience.”Silver, who works in publishing from their home in Hamilton, Canada, is one of the millions of people who have streamed the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s…

Immortality has long been sought after. From rumors of a fountain of youth to the possibility of anti-aging medications, being able to reverse aging has been a common ground for scientific experiments for decades. Despite all that work, only one creature that we know of has ever been able to take advantage of immortality. Now, scientists may have finally figured out what makes the immortal jellyfish live so long. Certain jellyfish can reverse their aging process Scientists looked at the DNA of the immortal…

These amphipod has hollowed out a separate animal, called a salp, to make its cozy home.Gif: Gizmodo / NOAAMonsters dwell in the deep ocean—or at least the inspiration for the monsters we make up. This clip shows a hyperiid amphipod, the reality behind the fictional, horrifying, extraterrestrial creations of the 1979 move Alien. These amphipods take over other creatures’ bodies for their own benefit. In this case, it’s commandeered another filter-feeding invertebrate, known as a salp.“It will capture those salps, and…

The Chirodectes maculatus jellyfish is elusive. So far, there have only been two documented sightings of this particular jellyfish. Now, a group of divers from Scuba Kavieng have managed to capture this rare jellyfish on video. Many believe this video could be the first documented video recording of the Chirodectes maculatus. Divers caught a rare jellyfish on video The giant phantom jellyfish is another elusive creature that scientists have captured rare sightings of. Image source: Monterey Bay Aquarium…