Hubble Studies a Nearby Galaxy’s Star Formation

Image caption: This NASA / ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the picturesque spiral galaxy NGC 4941. Image credit: ESA / Hubble & NASA, D. Thilker. Editor: Andrea Gianopoulos. NASA Hubble Mission Team: Goddard Space Flight Center – April 4, 2025.

This NASA / ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the picturesque spiral galaxy NGC 4941, which lies about 67 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Virgo (The Maiden). Because this galaxy is nearby, cosmically speaking, Hubble’s keen instruments are able to pick out exquisite details such as individual star clusters and filamentary clouds of gas and dust. […]

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