The NGC 1316 Galaxy

This image made from data obtained with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals the dust lanes and star clusters of this giant galaxy that give evidence that it was formed from a past merger of two gas-rich galaxies.

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team STScI/AURA)

Colour composite view of the Pillars of Creation from MUSE data

This colour view was created from observations of the Pillars of Creation made with the MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope. The parts of the three-dimensional MUSE data cube that correspond to emission from different chemical elements in the clouds have been extracted and combined to create this colour view of the region.

Image Credit: ESO
Explanation from: http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1518b/

Aurora and Reindeer in Norway

Norway

February 20, 2014

Image Credit & Copyright: Ole Salomonsen