![Bursts of pink and red star clusters and dark lanes of mottled cosmic dust surround a bright core in this partial image of a galaxy](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hubble_friday_08142015-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
A mess of stars
Overall NGC 428’s spiral structure appears to be quite distorted and warped, thought to be a result of a collision between two galaxies.
Credits: ESA/Hubble and NASA and S. Smartt (Queen's University Belfast), Acknowledgements: Nick Rose and Flickr user penninecloud
Image CreditESA/Hubble and NASA and S. Smartt (Queen's University Belfast), Acknowledgements: Nick Rose and Flickr user penninecloud
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