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James Webb Space Telescope spies giant cosmic question mark in deep space (photo) (sh.itjust.works)

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James Web telescope finds giant question mark galaxy in deep space.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I enjoy the jokes, but has anyone given an explanation of what it likely is?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Just speculation but it would be totally plausible for a helix shaped galaxy or star (possibly being pulled into a black hole) oriented from an odd angle, with either a gap or a cloud of some sort blocking one part of it and it just happens to look like a common glyph.

But I'm no starologist

[–] capt_wolf 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Could also be two or more systems colliding with each other. Similar to this

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I wanted to guess gravitational lensing, but couldn't see how that would make a question mark.. it's still pretty cool!

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