You just found the Lost Galaxy! Also known as NGC 4535, this galaxy got its nickname because it looks hazy and ghostly when viewed with a smaller telescope. With Hubble, that’s not a problem. Even from 50 million light-years away, NGC 4535’s majestic spiral arms are in full focus. The bright blue seen within these spiral arms indicates the presence of a greater number of younger and hotter stars. The yellower tones of this galaxy’s central area suggest that it’s home to stars which are older and

Feast your eyes on this cosmic Compass constituent! The planetary nebula NGC 2818 is located in the southern constellation Pyxis, the Compass. Planetary nebulae contain clouds of dust and gas formed from the outer layers of a star cast off during its death. Over tens of thousands of years, planetary nebulae gradually fade, while the hot, remnant stellar core cools off, becoming a white dwarf. Scientists theorize that a similar fate will befall our Sun in about 5 billion years, when it runs out o

Hubble's Inside the Image: Eagle Nebula