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A face on spiral galaxy fills the view. Its bright, barred core is at the center of the image. The galaxy’s core is bisected by reddish-brown dust that extends into its spiral arms. Bright pink-white star forming regions dot the spiral arms.

Hubble Captures the Barred Spiral Messier 95

This beautiful image of Messier 95 includes data from two different Hubble observing programs. The first looked at connections between young stars and cold gas in star clusters and molecular clouds. The second looked at more than 50,000 gas clouds in 19 nearby galaxies. These datasets will help astronomers better understand the process of star formation and the large-scale evolution of galaxies.

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Lee (STScI), and R. Chandar (University of Toledo); Image Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)
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