Hubble observes ram pressure stripping in galaxy JW100

The galaxy JW100 (lower right) features prominently in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The streams of star-forming gas dripping from the disk of the galaxy like streaks of fresh paint are formed by a process called ram pressure stripping. Their resemblance to dangling tentacles led astronomers to refer to JW100 as a "jellyfish" galaxy. JW100 is more than 800 million light-years away, in the constellation Pegasus.