A sea of galactic shapes decorates the background of a new Hubble image.
This image from the Hubble Space Telescope features the galaxy LEDA 48062 and galaxy UGC 8603 . are one of the basic units of the cosmos. They are where stars live, die and leave behind the building blocks for the next generation of stars and planets to soak up. Galaxies have different shapes, and this fact has implications about how unique or common our corner of the cosmos might be. Surveying galaxies then becomes essential.
, near the Big Dipper. In addition to the pair of prominent, albeit contrasting, galaxies in the foreground, the Hubble photo is populated with a sea of background galaxies of different shapes and distances. Our own galaxy is also visible, in a way. Wherever the eye is drawn to a bright speck with four spikes, the observer is looking at a star within the Milky Way. The spiky stars don't actually emit light in that manner; rather, the lines are created as their light interacts with hardware within the Hubble Space Telescope.
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