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A glance over a starry shoulder
Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration
Some sort of cosmic animal glances over its starry shoulder at a bubble of gas and stars in this image of NGC 4214 from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
Starry Bug
Credit: NASA & ESA
Floating like a bug under a microscope, I Zwicky 18 is an odd-looking galaxy. Astronomers previously thought this peculiar galaxy was very young because it resembles galaxies typically found in the early universe. But images from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope show older stars within the galaxy leading scientists to update their ideas. They now believe I Zwicky 18 was born about the same time as the Milky Way Galaxy and the Andromeda Galaxy.
Galactic Starburst
Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
This galaxy appears to be bursting at the seams. The Starburst Galaxy, also called M82 and NGC 3034, shows a bright blue disk surrounded by wispy dark streams of dust and plumes of glowing hydrogen streaking out of its center. M82 is considered by astronomers to be an irregular galaxy because it has no definite shape.
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