New images from NASA's James Webb Telescope reveal a rare Cartwheel Galaxy.
Scientists say that the galaxy is located about 500 million lightyears away.
It is a result of a collision between two galaxies. Scientists say the galaxy is in a transitory phase of its development.
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They say it was likely a spiral galaxy like the Milkway galaxy before it collided with a smaller galaxy.
The new images give scientists a glimpse of what happened to the galaxy in the past and how it will develop in the future.
