Astronomers are in awe of the stunning new image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope of a spiral galaxy located 30 million light years away from Earth. The galaxy, NGC 4651, is known as the “Chevron” galaxy due to its unique shape. The image shows off the galaxy’s bright core surrounded by a network of winding dust lanes and bright clusters of stars, with graceful, winding arms extending outward from the center. The arms are composed of clusters of young stars, glowing blue, and dark dust lanes, which are laced throughout. This image is a wonderful reminder of the majesty of our universe!

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source: Phys.org