Astronom*innen nehmen das detaillierteste Tausend-Farben-Bild einer Galaxie auf

This image shows a detailed, thou­sand-colour image of the Sculp­tor Galaxy cap­tured with the MUSE instru­ment at ESO’s Very Large Tele­scope (VLT). Regions of pink light are spread through­out this whole galac­tic snap­shot, which come from ionised hydro­gen in star-form­ing regions. These areas have been over­laid on a map of already formed stars in Sculp­tor…