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WEAVE spectrometer reveals duality of galactic shock

Superimpose the WEAVE decomposition of Stephan’s Quintet gas onto the JWST image. Red highlights gas shocked by collisions, while green and blue indicate star-forming regions. Purple areas represent unexplained bubbles. The black contours indicate neutral hydrogen, and its position relative to the shocked gas (red) shows where it came from. Credit: Arnaudova et al. A team of more than 50…