The Hubble Space
Telescope captured what appears to be a galactic flying saucer floating in space.
The otherworldly image
of IC 564 forms part of a pair of galactic oddballs called Arp 303, located about 275 million light-years away from us.
Arp members were originally
chosen for their unusual galactic structure, which is easily visible with both IC 564 along with its companion, IC 563
Hubble officials are
going through the back catalog of data to assist with forthcoming observations of the James Webb Space Telescope,
This latest image holds
information from two separate Hubble observations. The first examined infrared light using the telescope's Wide Field Camera
while the second was
part of a survey of "bright, interesting galaxies" using Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys