The image shows bright, colorful pockets of star formation blooming like roses in this spiral galaxy, just under 70 million light-years away.
The orange-pink glow is made by hydrogen gas reacting to intense light streaming outwards from nearby newborn stars; these bright patches can be seen here amid dark, tangled streams of cosmic dust.
Chris Pattison
Hubble watches stars bloom in this beautiful rose-like galaxy named NGC 972
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The image shows bright, colorful pockets of star formation blooming like roses in this spiral galaxy, just under 70 million light-years away.
The orange-pink glow is made by hydrogen gas reacting to intense light streaming outwards from nearby newborn stars; these bright patches can be seen here amid dark, tangled streams of cosmic dust.
Read more here: science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/hubble-watches-st…
Image credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA, L. Ho
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