A galaxy in bloom: New Hubble snap of ESO 381-12
Thursday, July 9, 2015 - 08:30
in Astronomy & Space
The ghostly shells of galaxy ESO 381-12 are captured here in a new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, set against a backdrop of distant galaxies. The strikingly uneven structure and the clusters of stars that orbit around the galaxy suggest that ESO 381-12 may have been part of a dramatic collision sometime in its relatively recent past.