A spiral galaxy is curled up like a sleeping serpent in an image from the European Southern Observatory.
The observatory's 66 radio telescopes can be seen from ALMA's high altitude of 16,500 feet.
In the constellation Cetus lies an intermediate spiral galaxy that spans 86,800 light-years. This area of the sky is named after a sea monster from Greek mythology and is home to many water themed constellations.
The Serpens galaxy is slithering through a new Hubble photo.
ALMA's observations capture the galaxy's lava-like reddish hue, which is a representation of cold clouds of star-spawning gas.
There are areas of older, more mature stars that have been imaged by the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer on the Very Large Telescope at the ALMA observatory site.
The shots were taken with the help of a project called PHANGS. Scientists assigned to the team are trying to deliver a catalog of high-resolution observations aimed at nearby galaxies with telescopes.
The data on the internal properties of stars, gas and dust will be revealed by the different wavelength analysis. Astronomers can compare those results across multiple readings to find out how baby stars are activated.
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