Webb and Hubble telescopes provide a preview to galactic cannibalism

Two spiral galaxies are on the precipice of a messy scuffle — a type of merger known as "galactic cannibalism," with the larger galaxy stripping stars off the smaller one. The galaxies, IC 2163 on the left and NGC 2207, are about 114 light-years away from Earth, located in the Eridanus and Canis Major constellations, respectively. NASA and its space agency counterparts have combined data from the James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope to learn more about such cosmi