Click through the gallery to see this week’s helping of images not made on planet Earth. And if you need more when you’re done but can’t wait until the next one, here’s the entire collection.
Space Photos of the Week: A Comet Gets a Little Gassy
Space photos of the week, August 9–13.
This is a photo of NGC 428, a barred spiral galaxy bursting with cosmic dust and stars. It’s located in the constellation of Cetus (The Sea Monster). The shape of the galaxy is a little warped and there are lots of stars forming, hinting at a possible collision with another galaxy.<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/hubble-sees-a-a-mess-of-stars"> ESA/Hubble and NASA and S. Smartt</a>
