Hubble’s Galaxies With Knots, Bursts

In the northern constellation of Coma Berenices (Berenice’s Hair) lies the impressive Coma Cluster —  a structure of over a thousand galaxies bound together by gravity. Many of these galaxies are elliptical types, as is the brighter of the two galaxies dominating this image: NGC 4860 (center).

-credit: ESA/NASA Hubble

Knots and bursts Coma Cluster Hubble Space Telescope NASA

nasa.gov: Hubble’s Galaxies With Knots, Bursts

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