NGC 3226 and NGC 3227 Wall Art including Frame Sizes:COSMIC (36x36) Levay and R

Levay and R

Two of the sky’s more famous residents share the stage with a lesser-known neighbour in this enormous three gigapixel image from ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope (VST)

Credit: ESO/TIMER survey

glowing dust is the coolest material visible in this image and is composed of metallic dust grains

NASA's Cassini spacecraft measurements of tiny grains raining into Saturn's atmosphere suggest the rings can only last for 300 million more years

NGC 3226 and NGC 3227 Wall Art including Frame Sizes:COSMIC (36x36) Levay and RA new feature in the evolution of galaxies has been captured in this image of galactic interactions. The two galaxies seen here NGC 3226 at the top, NGC 3227 at the bottom are awash in the remains of a departed third galaxy, cannibalized by the gravity of the surviving galaxies. The surge of warm gas flowing into NGC 3226, seen as a blue filament, appears to be shutting down this galaxy's star formation, disrupting the cool gas needed to make fresh