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

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

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Image CreditESA/Hubble and NASA and S. Smartt (Queen's University Belfast), Acknowledgements: Nick Rose and Flickr user penninecloud

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