A Wanderer Dances the Dance of Stars and Space
Updated: 2012-12-31 21:38:49
Home About SpaceRef SpaceRef Business SpaceRef Europe SpaceRef Asia SpaceRef Canada NASA Watch Get Our Daily Newsletter Loading Missions Space Station Calendar News Archives Space Weather Space Quarterly Magazine Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Pluto Asteroids Comets Astrobiology A Wanderer Dances the Dance of Stars and Space By Keith Cowing Posted December 31, 2012 4:38 PM View Comments NASA NGC 1097 The Hubble Space Telescope captured a spectacular image of the bright star-forming ring that surrounds the heart of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1097. In this image , the larger-scale structure of the galaxy is barely visible : its comparatively dim spiral arms , which surround its heart in a loose embrace , reach out beyond the edges of this . frame This face-on galaxy , lying