Galactic marvel: Nasa's Hubble telescope reveals majestic spiral wonder 100 million light years away

Thursday, 28 December 2023
Nasa recently shared an image on their Instagram handle, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, revealing the extended arms of a massive spiral galaxy located approximately 100 million light-years away in the constellation Camelopardalis. Nasa explained in the post that, "Around 200,000 light-years across, this galaxy is roughly twice the size of our own Milky Way galaxy, with a similar shape and composition. Young stars appear in blue near the outskirts of the galaxy, while older stars appear toward the center in red."

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